CHINA (HONG KONG). With tight border controls still in place in the Special Adminstrative Region, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) passenger numbers for July stood at less than 2% of 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
During the month, HKIA served 111,000 passengers and 11,850 flight movements, representing year-on-year increases of +15.5% and +20%, respectively, against an extremely low 2020 base.
Passenger traffic showed a slight improvement measured against 2020 by reaching around 3,500 passengers daily last month. The airport authority attributed this small rise to an increase of passengers to and from Mainland China.
Over the first seven months of this year, HKIA has handled 491,000 passengers and 74,665 flight movements, representing year-on-year decreases of -94.2% and -28.2% respectively.
On a 12-month rolling basis, HKIA saw -97.4% and -52.1% falls in passengers and flight movements, to 925,000 and 131,310 respectively.
