Operating indicators for June 2010
SINGAPORE, 22 July 2010 – Singapore Changi Airport registered 3.62 million passenger movements in June 2010, an 18.6% increase compared to June 2009. This was also almost 13% more than in June 2008.
For the first half of 2010, the total number of passenger movements at Changi was more than 20.2 million, representing a growth of 17.0% and 8.1% compared to the first halves of 2009 and 2008 respectively.
Passenger growth in June was led by traffic to and from Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia and North America. Double digit growth was recorded for all these regions. Of note, passenger traffic to Northeast Asia grew 35%, supported by more flights to Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei and Seoul. Long-haul traffic also improved, with passenger movements to North America rising 28%.
Full service carriers (FSCs) and low cost carriers (LCCs) contributed two thirds and one third respectively of the growth in passenger movements in June. For the first half of the year, the ratio between FSCs and LCCs was 4 to 1 in terms of passengers carried and 3 to 1 for number of flights at Changi.
On the cargo front, 879,000 tonnes of airfreight were moved at Changi Airport from January to June 2010, a 16.5% increase year-on-year. For the month of June, almost 150,000 tonnes of cargo were moved, up 13.1%.
Aircraft movements also continued to increase, by 10.4% to 128,010 in the first six months of 2010. For June 2010, 21,800 flights were registered, an increase of 14.5%. Media Bulletin Changi Airport serves 89 airlines operating close to 5,100 weekly scheduled flights. The latest to join the Changi family of airlines is Indonesian carrier Mandala Airlines, which operates to Jakarta and Balikpapan. Mandala commenced operations at Changi on 25 June 2010.
