Airports in Asia Pacific Report 7.3% Increase in Passenger Traffic

According to data compiled by ACI Asia Pacific, passenger traffic at Asia Pacific airports in October 2014 maintained a moderate growth rate of +7.3% year-on-year while airports in the Middle East reported +7.6% in the same period.

The majority of the airports reported positive growth for the month. In particular, high growth in domestic passenger traffic continued to be a significant contributor to the 5 airports that recorded highest growth: Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK) +51.7%, Cochin (COK) +30.7%, Goa (GOI) +30.2%, Chiang Mai (CNX) +28.4% and Ahmedabad (AMD) +26.4%.

In terms of freight traffic for the month, Asia Pacific maintained a steady growth rate at +4.8% from last year, slightly lower than the twelve-month growth trend of +5.7%.  The Middle East continued to record high growth of +13.7% with Dubai World Central (DWC) leading at +331.2%, followed by Abu Dhabi (AUH) +16.0%. Among Asia Pacific airports, Nagoya (NGO) reported the highest growth of +26.8% from last year.

From January to October 2014, passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific posted a year-on-year growth of +4.9% while the Middle East reported a strong increase of +8.8%. Year-to-date growth in freight volume was +5.8% for the Asia Pacific and +12.4% for the Middle East.

The top 5 airports which reported the highest traffic volume for the year-to-date were:

Passenger Traffic: Beijing (PEK) +1.5%, Tokyo Haneda (HND) +6.2%, Dubai (DXB) +6.1%, Hong Kong (HKG) +5.8%, Jakarta (CGK) -5.0%.

Freight Traffic: Hong Kong (HKG) +6.5%, Shanghai Pudong (PVG) +8.8%, Seoul Incheon (ICN) +3.4%, Dubai (DXB) -2.2%, Tokyo Narita (NRT) +7.5%.