In China, growth in August was largely driven by domestic passenger traffic, though the pace of growth has eased from last year, resulting in many airports reporting a decline this month including the largest airport Beijing (PEK) -5%.
HONG KONG – Accordig to ACI Asia-Pasific, passengers traveling through the Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern airports in August grew by +6.2% and +5.2% respectively compared to the same period last year.
Robust domestic passenger travels continued to stimulate growth in India with monthly growth rate consistently maintained at above 10% level. At Delhi (DEL), both domestic and international passenger traffic growth reached double digit rate in August and recorded an overall increase of +12.7% from last year. Other top runners include: Calcutta (CCU) +29.5% and Bangalore (BLR) +14%.
In China, growth in August was largely driven by domestic passenger traffic, though the pace of growth has eased from last year, resulting in many airports reporting a decline this month including the largest airport Beijing (PEK) -5%. The two airports adjacent to the Beijing area continued to benefit from sharing passenger loads in the region and reported substantial gains: Shijiazhuang (SJW) +27.4% and Tianjin (TSN) +21%. Guangzhou (CAN) +9.4% led in passenger volume traffic growth in China followed by Hangzhou (HGH) +11.5% and Xi’an (XIY) +10.1%.
Elsewhere in the region, Japan benefited from summer vacation travels and many airports reported significant gains in international passenger traffic from last year. Osaka Kansai (KIX) led growth this month at +12.9%, followed by Sapporo (CTS) +9.4% and Fukuoka (FUK) +8.3%. At Tokyo Haneda (HND), the largest airport in Japan, international passenger growth also exceeded 10% and contributed to the airport delivering an overall growth of +5.1% for the month.
In the Middle East, passenger traffic showed mixed results in August. Doha (DOH) -13.1% continued to be negatively impacted by Qatar’s diplomatic crisis with a number of neighbouring states whereas Kuwait (KWI) +26.3%, Beirut (BEY) +16.4% and Muscat (MCT) +15.7% recorded sizable gains. The largest hub in the region Dubai (DXB) grew at +6.6%.
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