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SINGAPORE: Changi Airport recorded its highest monthly traffic so far this year in July.
Changi Airport Group said the month saw about 3.7 million passengers passing through the airport, an increase of 16 per cent compared to the same month a year ago.
Year-to-date, Changi Airport handled some 24 million passengers, up 17 per cent compared to the first seven months of last year.
The group said growth in July was led by increases in passenger traffic to Northeast and Southeast Asia, which rose 25 per cent and 21 .5 per cent respectively.
Long-haul traffic to the Americas grew 15 per cent.
For the January-July period, budget airlines carried one in five passengers at Changi Airport and accounted for one in four aircraft movements.
On the cargo front, 158,000 tonnes were moved in July, a year-on-year growth of almost 12 per cent.
For the first seven months of the year, 1.04 million tonnes were handled, representing an increase of almost 16 per cent.
Aircraft movements for July grew 11.5 per cent to 22,600, bringing the seven-month total to 150,600, an increase of some 11 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Changi serves some 90 airlines operating 5,100 weekly scheduled flights, connecting Singapore to 200 cities in 60 countries and territories.
Changi is also set to welcome another airline, Hainan Airlines.
- CNA/ir
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