Passenger traffic at Changi Airport inched up 1.9% in October

Thanks to a boost from South Asia.

Changi Airport today reported a 1.9% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic in October, with a total of 4.49 million passengers passing through the airport last month.

The growth was driven by a 14% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to and from South Asia, with India traffic increasing 17% year-on-year last month.

Traffic to Thailand inched up 1% last month, finally ending eleven straight months of decline. Passenger movements between Singapore and China also rose an encouraging 5%, while demand was also strong on services to and from Hong Kong (+7%) and Vietnam (+10%).

There was a 2.1% increase in airfreight movements, with 159,700 tonnes of cargo handled in October. Aircraft landings and takeoffs decreased by 3.7% to 28,380.

For the period of January to October 2014, 44.58 million passenger movements were registered at Changi Airport, 1% more than the corresponding period in 2013. Cargo shipments grew by 0.5% to 1.53 million tonnes while aircraft movements were stable at 283,650 for the same period.

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