Operating indicators for April 2010
SINGAPORE, 20 May 2010 – Singapore Changi Airport registered 12.6% growth in passenger traffic for the month of April 2010, with more than 3.28 million passenger movements processed. Total passenger traffic in the January-April period was 13.2 million, up 15.5% compared to the same period last year.
Regional traffic led the growth in April, with passenger traffic within Southeast Asia growing by 21% year-on-year. Low cost carriers continued to be the growth driver, carrying 39% more passengers compared to a year ago. Full service carriers also enjoyed growth in passenger traffic, up 7% - the fifth consecutive month of increase.
Besides regional traffic, long-haul traffic to North America also registered growth, up 22%. The impact of the flight disruptions due to the Icelandic volcanic ash resulted in an 8% decrease in passenger traffic between Singapore and Europe. Fewer passengers were carried between Singapore and points such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris.
On the airfreight front, 146,849 tonnes of cargo were moved in April, an increase of 16.3%. For the January-April period, airfreight movements totalled 575,697, up 18.0%. Aircraft movements rose 8.6% to 21,303 in April, bringing the total number of aircraft movements in the January-April period to 84,026, up 8.9%.
Changi Airport continued to enhance its connectivity during the month, welcoming a new city link – Pontianak in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Batavia Air flies six weekly flights between Singapore and Pontianak.
As at 1 May 2010, Changi Airport serves 86 airlines connecting Singapore via 5,000 weekly scheduled flights to 200 cities in some 60 countries and territories.
Changi Airport's traffic statistics are available at http://www.changiairportgroup.com/cag/html/the-group/air_traffic_statistics.html.
