AFTER a lacklustre performance last year, Changi Airport is once again logging strong traffic growth with 4.4 million passengers (a 3.9 per cent year-on-year increase) passing through its gates in September 2015.
For the whole of 3Q2015, passenger traffic climbed 5.8 per cent from the same period last year to 14.3 million, marking the airport’s strongest quarter ever. The boost in traffic comes on the back of a rise in passengers travelling on LCCs following a period of depressed demand, according to Changi Airport Group.
However, Singapore’s largest source market, Indonesia, saw a decline of 0.4 per cent in traffic during the quarter, while China logged the greatest growth with 14.9 per cent increase year-on-year. Along with these two countries, Malaysia, Australia and Thailand make up the top five inbound markets for Singapore.
As for the first nine months of this year, 40.9 million passengers travelled through Changi Airport, a 2.1 per cent hike from a year ago. Aircraft movements also grew by 0.8 per cent to 257,370.
While the Jakarta-Singapore route continues to be the busiest for the airport, the Bangkok-Singapore route registered the greatest surge in air traffic, growing more than 20 per cent between January and September.
As of October 1, 2015, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, linking the city-state to roughly 320 cities in about 80 countries and territories worldwide.
