Changi Airport passengers up 16% in July

Growth led by increases in passenger traffic to 25.1% in Northeast and 21.5% in Southeast Asia.

Singapore Changi Airport registered more than 3.67 million passenger movements in July 2010, an increase of 15.9% compared to July 2009.

This figure is also 13.7% higher than July 2008’s 3.23 million passenger movements, and is the highest monthly traffic recorded at Changi so far this year. Year-to-date, Changi Airport handled a total of 23.9 million passengers, up 16.9% compared to the first seven months of 2009, according to a Chiangi report.

Growth in July 2010 was led by increases in passenger traffic to Northeast and Southeast Asia, which rose 25.1% and 21.5% respectively. Airlines such as Jetstar Asia, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines increased frequencies with more flights to Denpasar (Bali), Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Osaka. Long-haul traffic to the Americas also grew 15.0%.

For the January-July 2010 period, low cost carriers carried one in five passengers at Changi Airport, and accounted for one in four aircraft movements.

On the cargo front, 158,000 tonnes were moved in July 2010, a year-on-year growth of 11.8%. For the first seven months of the year, 1.04 million tonnes were handled, representing an increase of 15.8%.

Aircraft movements for July 2010 grew 11.5% to 22,593, bringing the seven-month total to 150,603, an increase of 10.6% compared to the same period in 2009.

Changi serves some 90 airlines operating 5,100 weekly scheduled flights, connecting Singapore to 200 cities in 60 countries and territories. Changi is also set to welcome another airline, Hainan Airlines. From 29 August 2010, Hainan will operate four weekly flights connecting Singapore with Hefei and Dalian in China.