Strong growth for Asia, Middle East airports

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Don Muang International Airport

PASSENGER traffic thrived in Asia Pacific and the Middle East as of 3Q2015 with the regions’ airports reporting growth of 6.5 per cent and 15.7 per cent year-on-year growth respectively.

According to data from Airports Council International Asia Pacific, Asian airports like Bangkok Don Muang (31.8 per cent), Kunming (21.4 per cent) and Osaka Kansai (21.1 per cent) recorded the greatest growth for the region.

In the Middle East, its three largest hubs – Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai – continued logging robust growth, generating 21.4, 18.2 and 8.2 per cent increments respectively.

In terms of sheer volume, Beijing, Tokyo Haneda and Dubai have welcomed the most number of travellers with more than 40 million people passing through their gates each.

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