ASIA PACIFIC. International passenger traffic at Asia Pacific airports surged by +13.5% year-on-year in April, outstripping the healthy rise of +9.5% in total traffic volumes. Domestic passenger numbers in the region rose by +7.6% compared to a year ago.
That’s according to the latest ACI Passenger Flash Report, which also revealed a traffic rise of +10% for Middle East airports in April.
Beijing continued to record the highest passenger throughput in the region, with over 6.7 million passengers. Tokyo Haneda with over 5 million passengers was second and the other three airports in the top five were Hong Kong, Jakarta and Bangkok, which all recorded over 4.6 million passengers in April.
Passenger traffic for the first four months of 2012 showed a +9.3% and +13.4% increase for the Asia Pacific and Middle East areas respectively, when compared to the same period last year.
ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Director Patti Chau said: “Passenger traffic in both the Asia-Pacific and Middle East areas continues to grow at a steady pace. This growth is in line with the ACI Global Traffic Forecast issued in 2011.”
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