Singapore Changi Airport: Operating Indicators for August 2014

SINGAPORE, 29 September 2014 – Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi Airport totalled 4.65 million in August 2014, a slight decline of 0.6% year-on-year. In terms of airfreight movements, Changi Airport handled 156,000 tonnes of cargo, an increase of 4.1% compared to a year ago. Aircraft landings and takeoffs decreased by 4.2% to 28,360.

During the month, traffic to Northeast Asia, South Asia and Southwest Pacific improved, offset by a decline in Southeast Asia travel. There were double-digit increases in passenger movements between Singapore and Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City as well as Sydney among Changi Airport’s top 10 cities. However, travel to and from Bangkok continued to decline, down 11% on-year.

For the period of January to August 2014, 35.84 million passenger movements were recorded at Changi Airport, 1.1% more than the corresponding period in 2013. Aircraft movements rose in tandem by 1.3% to 228,240. Airfreight shipments grew 0.7% to 1.22 million tonnes for the same period.

As at 1 September 2014, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to over 300 cities in some 70 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,400 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds.

Changi Airport’s traffic statistics are available at http://www.changiairportgroup.com/cag/html/the-group/air_traffic_statistics.html.