SINGAPORE. Singapore Changi Airport served 5.12 million passengers in June, reaching 88% of the figure achieved in the same month in 2019.
This was the first time since January 2020 that passenger volumes surpassed the five-million mark.
From April to June, the number of passengers reached 14.6 million, 87% of the figure posted in the same period in 2019.
The top five traffic markets for this period were Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Changi Airport said that passenger traffic to and from Northeast Asia has shown steady progress, up from around 50% of pre-Covid levels in January 2023 to 75% by June 2023.
Changi Airport Group Executive Vice President for Air Hub and Cargo Development Lim Ching Kiat said: “Changi Airport continues to witness steady growth in passenger traffic, with passenger movements inching closer to 90% of 2019 levels as we close the second quarter.
“We are pleased to have crossed the five-million mark again in June with the mid-year holiday season. Changi has regained more than 80% of its pre-Covid city links and we look forward to strengthening connectivity to more points in Southeast Asia and China in the second half of the year.”
Changi Airport continues to expand its network with new flight services from Indian low-cost airline Indigo, which has launched twice-weekly passenger services to Bhubaneswar.
This marks the airport’s first city link to India’s eastern state of Odisha and 17th link to India.
Air Canada will also be resuming its Vancouver service in April 2024, after more than three decades since the airline last operated at Changi.
As of 1 July, the airport serves 99 airlines and over 6,300 weekly scheduled flights operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to 148 cities in 49 countries and territories worldwide. ✈
