Asia-Pacific Airports grew 8.3%, Middle Eastern Airports grew 15% in August 2015
[October 20, 2015 – Hong Kong] The summer holiday season continued to support strong passenger traffic in August 2015, with Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern airports recorded growth of 8.3% and 15% respectively.
Majority of airports in the region reported positive passenger growth for the month with strong support from both international and domestic travels. Among the largest airports in the region, Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Bangkok (BKK) and New Delhi (DEL) generated the highest growth rate for the month at +20.9%, +16.0% and +15.3% respectively. In the Middle East, the three largest hubs continued to generate solid growth for the month: Doha (DOH) +22% and Abu Dhabi (AUH) +17.4% and Dubai (DXB) +9.5%.
Air freight remained weak, continued to be impacted by slowdown across Asian export markets and oil producing economies. In August 2015, freight volumes were essentially flat in Asia-Pacific 0% and the Middle East +0.9%.
TABLE 1: Airports reporting the highest traffic volume in August 2015 (with respective growth rate from last year) according to preliminary traffic data
|
Top 3 airports by size1 |
||||
|
Passenger |
Freight |
|||
|
> 40M |
25M to 40M |
15M to 25M |
5M to 15M |
|
|
Beijing (PEK) +4.1% |
Shenzhen (SZX) 11.8% |
Jeju (CJU) +8.7% |
Osaka Itami (ITM) -0.8% |
Hong Kong (HKG) -1.4% |
|
Tokyo Haneda (HND) +2.0% |
Kunming (KMG) +19.1% |
Osaka Kansai (KIX) +22.2% |
Madras (Chennai) (MAA) +5.2% |
Shanghai Pudong (PVB) -0.6% |
|
Dubai (DXB) +9.5% |
Taipei (TPE) +8.6% |
Abu Dhabi (AUH) +17.4% |
Phuket (HKT) +21.4% |
Dubai (DXB) +5.3% |
Note :
- END-
Created with the objective to benefit both airports and World Business Partner members, the WBP Capability Database is a unique platform where WBP of ACI Asia-Pacific can showcase their expertise with examples of projects undertaken or in progress while airport members can input search criteria to look for potential business partners to accomplish their airport development projects.
The WBP Capability Database is a unique service that is only available to WBP of ACI Asia-Pacific.
