SINGAPORE. Singapore Changi Airport recorded 4.28 million passenger movements in March 2012 – the highest number ever handled during the month of March.
Passenger traffic for the month increased +15.3% year-on-year, in tandem with the increase in aircraft movements which grew +10.6% to 27,000.
In the first three months of this year, Changi Airport recorded 12.3 million passenger movements, an increase of +12.9% compared to the corresponding period in 2011.
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Traffic growth was underpinned by strong travel demand to and from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, all regions which saw double-digit growth.
As at 1 April 2012, Changi Airport serves some 100 airlines operating 6,200 weekly flights connecting Singapore to more than 220 destinations in 60 countries.
NOTE: Next month The Moodie Report will publish a special supplement to mark the renovation of Changi Airport T1. The oldest terminal in one of travel retail’s most vibrant commercial environments has undergone a major facelift, leading to big improvements to the retail and F&B mix. The special publication will chart those improvements and hear from senior Changi Airport Group management.
The publication, Singapore Changi: 30 years of excellence, will also chronicle Changi’s impressive growth over 30 years, and examine the role retail and F&B has played in fashioning one of the world’s great airports.
For more details on the publication and/or advertising opportunities, please contact John Rimmer at john.rimmer@themoodiereport.com.
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Singapore Changi is frequently named the world’s best location for airport shopping and dining |
NEW AIRLINES
Changi Airport welcomed Air France’s A380 operations last month. The French flag-carrier is the fourth airline to operate the superjumbo at Changi, thus strengthening Singapore’s long haul connectivity to Europe.
Beginning April 2012, China Eastern Airlines and SilkAir have each launched thrice weekly direct flights connecting Singapore to Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei Province. Hainan Airlines will also begin a new service to Taiyuan via Haikou from 11 May.
With these additions, Changi Airport will be linked to 26 Chinese cities, cementing its position as the most connected point to China from Southeast Asia. Such traffic has significant benefits for Changi travel retailers.
Singapore Airlines’ new long haul low-cost carrier, Scoot, will commence daily flights to Sydney and five-weekly operations to Gold Coast from June. Gold Coast will be a new city link for Changi Airport.
NEW OUTLETS OPENED
Changi Airport welcomed the opening of three new outlets in the public area of Terminal 3 Level 3. Planet Traveller has launched a 13,000sq ft lifestyle travel store, offering shoppers a wide range of merchandise including travel accessories, lifestyle bags, travel books & maps, outdoor gear and winter wear. In addition, Dian Xiao Er Chinese restaurant and Sanrio Gift Gate have opened outlets in the same area.
Sanrio Gift Gate offers a wide variety of products, including exclusive souvenirs, plush toys as well as travel necessities.
In the transit area, Bakerzin has opened an outlet in Terminal 1 while Bonia opened its third Changi Airport outlet in Terminal 2. March 2012 also saw the full opening of DFS Fashion Avenue in Terminal 3’s Transit Mall.
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