Passenger traffic at M'sian Airports buoyed by international travel demand

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) recorded 8.6 million passenger movements for its airports in the country last month, a 2.2 per cent year-on-year growth spurred by its highest-ever monthly international passenger traffic. 

In a statement, the company said the international sector recorded 4.6 million passengers with a growth of 5.1 per cent, which was achieved with an average load factor of 78.4 per cent – the highest for the year.

Meanwhile, the domestic sector continued to be in the negative territory, declining by 1.0 per cent with 4.0 million passengers.

MAHB's overall network of airports, including Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (Istanbul SGIA), posted 11.9 million passenger movements last month, up 4.2 per cent over July 2017.

Istanbul SGIA passengers grew by 9.8 per cent over the same month last year to 3.3 million passengers. The airport achieved a record performance in passenger movements for both the international and domestic sectors.

MAHB's airports in Malaysia saw international passenger movements for ASEAN destinations growing by 4.7 per cent to 2.2 million while non-ASEAN passenger movements registered a growth of 5.4 per cent with 2.3 million passengers.

Overall aircraft movements increased by 0.2 per cent. 

International aircraft movements grew by 2.6 per cent while domestic aircraft movements decreased by 1.4 per cent over July 2017.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) passenger movements registered a 2.9 per cent growth over July 2017 with 5.3 million passenger movements.

A total of 1.8 million passengers were recorded for the ASEAN destinations while 2.0 million passengers were recorded for the non-ASEAN ones.

The domestic sector grew by 0.8 per cent with 1.4 million passengers.

Overall aircraft movements at KLIA increased by 0.8 per cent over the same month last year.

International aircraft movements at KLIA increased marginally while domestic aircraft movements registered a growth of 2.7 per cent..

The last-12-months passenger movements for KLIA Main Terminal totalled 28.2 million passengers, a decline of 0.4 per cent.

As for klia2, its passenger movements increased by 11.8 per cent to 31.8 million passengers.

-- BERNAMA