Singapore’s Changi Airport has said it is “building on the strong momentum” of the past 12 months as it reports this year’s Q3 results.
From July to September, the airport handled 16.8 million passenger movements – a year-on-year increase of 10 per cent.
The figure represents 97.4 per cent of the total number of passengers recorded for the third quarter of 2019.
Meanwhile, aircraft movements – including landings and take offs – totalled 92,100, up 7.5 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Among the regions, North Asia was the “top performer” this quarter, recording a growth of 27 per cent and close to 50 per cent more passenger traffic year-to-date compared to 2023, Changi said.
The airport’s top five markets for Q3 were China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Thailand.
Passenger traffic between China and Singapore continued to show strong growth, recording a 50 per cent year-on-year increase for the quarter, placing China as Changi’s top market.
Hong Kong and Japan also recorded significant growth, with Q3 traffic surpassing 2023 levels by more than 20 per cent.
Lim Ching Kiat, Changi Airport Group’s executive vice president for air hub and cargo development, said: “North Asia continued to be the top performer this quarter, building on the strong momentum we have seen over the past year.
“Markets like China, Hong Kong and Japan have shown good growth for both outbound and inbound travel.
“This year, we have partnered closely with Chinese carriers to expand connectivity by adding four new routes to Jieyang Chaoshan, Linyi, Quanzhou and Taiyuan, and more flights to key cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Chongqing.
“With the upcoming year-end travel season upon us, we hope to welcome more travellers to Changi Airport.”
Cargo also saw year-on-year growth at 13.5 per cent, as the airport recorded 512,000 tonnes of airfreight throughput.
Changi saw growth across all cargo flows, including exports, imports and transshipments.
The airport said its top five cargo markets for the third quarter were Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and the US.
As at 1 October, 96 airlines operate more than 7,000 weekly scheduled flights at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to 161 cities in 50 countries and territories worldwide.
