Changi Airport Handles 4.70 Mln Passengers In June, Up 1.0 Pct

SINGAPORE, July 28 (Bernama) -- Passenger traffic at Singapore's Changi Airport increased 1.0 per cent in June 2015, with 4.70 million passengers passing through the airport. In its Operating Indicators for June 2015 released Tuesday, Changi Airport Group said this was the airport’s busiest month to date. In terms of flight movements, 28,530 aircraft landings and take-offs were recorded during the month, a growth of 1.4 per cent year-on-year. In the first six months of 2015, Changi Airport managed 26.6 million passengers, an increase of 0.2 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2014. Aircraft movements totalled 169,890, 1.0 per cent lower than a year before. Thailand traffic continued to show positive signs of a rebound, with passenger movement to and from Bangkok registering robust growth of 30 per cent in the first half of 2015. Bangkok has overtaken Jakarta to top the list of Changi Airport’s busiest routes for the six-month period. Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Manila complete the top five list. On the cargo front, even though airfreight shipments dipped 2.2 per cent to 151,300 tonnes in June, total cargo volume for the half-year rose 0.2 per cent to 912,300 tonnes. As at July 1, 2015, more than 100 airlines operated at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to over 320 cities in some 80 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,700 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds. -- BERNAMA