Abu Dhabi airport is used by 1.5m passengers in January 2014

Over 1.5 million passengers flew through Abu Dhabi International Airport in January 2014, marking a 14.5 per cent increase in passenger traffic over the same period last year, Abu Dhabi Airports said in a statement. Aircraft traffic also registered an increase of 7.7 per cent compared to January 2013 to reach a total of 11,972 movements. The current expansion of the airport is expected to increase its overall capacity to more than 40 million passengers per year.