SINGAPORE, Aug 22 – Singapore’s Changi Airport handled some 4.58 million passenger movements in July 2014, an increase of 1.0 per cent compared to the same period last year, while flight movements dipped 2.6 per cent to 28,200.
Changi Airport Group (CAG) said during the month, cargo tonnage at the airport registered 155,000 tonnes, representing a decline of 2.4 per cent from a year ago.Passenger traffic in July 2014 was supported by an increase in air travel between Singapore and Northeast Asia and South Asia, offset by weaker performance on some Southeast Asian routes, it said in a statement.
Among Changi Airport’s top 10 country markets, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam registered double-digit increases. Travel to and from China registered a year-on-year growth for the first time since January 2014, fuelled by strong growth in traffic to and from Shanghai, as well as secondary cities such as Nanjing, Haikou, Hangzhou and Qingdao.
Traffic between Singapore and Thailand continued to be impacted by the political situation, registering a year-on-year drop of 12 per cent, the ninth consecutive month of decline.
Bangkok traffic was down 16 per cent for the month.
For January to July 2014 period, 31.8 million passenger movements were recorded at Changi, 1.3 per cent more than the corresponding period in 2013.Aircraft landings and take-offs grew by 2.1 per cent to 199,900.
Cargo shipments were stable at 1,065,000 tonnes for the same period.As at July 31, 2014, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport,connecting Singapore to some 300 cities in over 70 countries and territories worldwide.
– BERNAMA
