Changi Airport registers 0.6% August passenger fall to 4.9m

The Changi Airport Group (CAG) reports that passenger traffic on Chinese and Korean routes proved to be ‘particularly strong’, with plus-7% in both instances.

CAG also described traffic numbers more generally as ‘relatively steady’, while pointing out that that this comparison with the same period least year obviously factored in Singapore’s Golden Jubilee celebration and its many activities. This included a four-day extended weekend with a registered traffic increase in August 2015 of +6.6%.

Meanwhile, CAG reports that August was still the second busiest month for Changi Airport so far this year in second place behind July’s passenger total of 5.18m..

MORE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATOR?

Perhaps the more representative traffic figure for the airport, considering the single month August 2015 ‘distortion’ was the first eight month period this year, however. As such, Changi registered 6.5% more passenger movements, with growth underpinned by Southeast Asia (+8.9%) and Northeast Asia (+10.5%) traffic.

CAG added: “As at 1 September 2016, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 330 cities in about 80 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,800 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds.”

On the retail side, CAG is also still running its Shop and be a Millionaire promotion, offering passengers who spend S$50 ($37) at the airport – or with iShopChang.com a chance to win the S$1,000,000 ($734,000) grand prize. This continues to be the single most successful promotional event ever run by the Changi Airport Group.