NEW ZEALAND. Auckland International Airport handled 7.48 million international passengers (arriving and departing) in the 12 months to December 2008, up by +1.5% on the previous 12-month period. Domestic passengers numbered 5.8 million, up +10.7% on a year earlier.
In December, international passenger numbers slipped -0.6% to 700,185 while domestic passengers numbered 491,951, down by -5.2%. The domestic figure was in line with reduced capacity, said Auckland International Airport Limited, with Qantas among those to cut its schedules sharply.
Within the international numbers, arrivals from Australia rose by +10.3% in December, but the long-haul business was down. Arrivals from the UK fell by -2.8% in the month, while US numbers were down by -7.7%.
For the year, New Zealand arrivals rose 0.8% to 1.47 million, while Australian arrivals rose by +4.6% to 549,145. UK arrivals slipped -1.0% to 245,289 while US passengers numbered 165,924, down by -5%. Inbound passenger numbers from China fell by -4.6% in the year to 108,676.
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