ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East today honored three airports for their outstanding commitment to aerodrome safety with the presentation of its inaugural Safety Recognition Awards 2025.
Sharjah Airport has welcomed more than 3.8 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023, recording a 28.01 per cent increase over the same period in 2022, and is expected to achieve even higher growth rates by the year’s end due to its notable services for passengers. The aircraft movement for the same term also increased by 9.02 per cent, with 23,261 flights by the end of March, compared to 21,336 flights during the same period last year.
With the economic recovery, higher consumer spends, aviation- friendly government policies along with infrastructure development the Indian aviation industry has started to show a considerable recovery across domestic and international travel sectors.
The international passenger traffic is making further recovery, similarly to last month, especially with foreign passengers (58% from March 2019), exceeding 1 million in a single month for the first time in three years and one month since February 2020. The total passenger traffic for the three airports reached 99% recovery from March 2019, a highest ratio since COVID-19 pandemic started (March 2020). The international cargo aircraft movements and volume were both slightly below the levels of last year.
Kansai Airports today announced a forecast of international passenger traffic, Japanese and nonJapanese combined, at Kansai International Airport (KIX) during the coming Golden Week (forecast for 10 days from April 28, 2023, to May 7, 2023).
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today released the traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for March 2023. During the month, HKIA handled 2.8 million passengers, more than 28 times the amount recorded in March 2022, and 372,000 tonnes of cargo, which represented year-on-year growth of 5.8%. Flight movements in March more than doubled year on year to 20,130.
According to Airport International Group, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 738,860 passengers (PAX) during March, recording a 31.6% rise against 2022 figures. QAIA also received 6,179 aircraft movements (ACM) and 5,603 tons of cargo, marking increases of 21.7% and 3.2%, respectively, compared with 2022 figures.
With school holidays in NSW and Qld in full swing, taking the family on vacation just got a whole lot easier thanks to the latest Bonza flight that takes to the skies heading to Port Macquarie later today.
Aviation sector in India is on a robust rebound – passenger and air traffic movement wise. Playing its part in this economically upbeat scenario for the Indian aviation sector is Mangaluru International Airport (MIA), which has chalked steady upward trend on these critical parameters at the state’s second busiest airport – both for their domestic and international travel needs. Mangaluru International Airport in handling 17,94,054 passengers during FY 2022-23 has registered a 76% growth over the previous fiscal. The airport had handled 10,16,559 passengers during 2021-22. Out of the 17.94-lakh passengers handled, 12.08 lakh passengers were domestic, and the remaining 5.86-lakh passengers were overseas travelers, primarily to the various middle East destinations.
Brisbane Airport is experiencing its busiest 7-day post-pandemic period with people taking advantage of the school holidays and Easter to getaway, in a boost for Queensland’s visitor economy.
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