HONG KONG. Traffic figures at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) improved sharply in August, with passenger throughput growing +2.8% year-on-year to 4.3 million.
Meanwhile, the decline in cargo volume slowed to a single-digit figure of -5.2% and air traffic movements decreased by -6.7% to 23,710.
Hong Kong residents and transfer/ transit passengers showed year-on-year growth of +12% and +1%, respectively. Visitor numbers, however, fell by -1%.
Airport Authority Hong Kong CEO Stanley Hui Hon-chung said: “August performance is in line with the stabilisation trend we have noted in recent months. Following double-digit drops in cargo throughput for eight consecutive months from November 2008, the -5.2% decrease in August shows further improvement from July’s -8.3% decline.
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Source: Airport Authority Hong Kong |
“However, the narrowed drop should be viewed against the background that both passenger and cargo volumes started to show the first signs of slowdown in August 2008.
“Although August saw mild growth in passenger traffic, we maintain a cautious outlook on the performance as global economy and aviation are only in the very early stage of a slow and possibly volatile recovery,” said Hui.
From January to August, the airport received some 30.7 million passengers, a yearly decline of -6.9%.
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