Asian airport traffic continues to climb

Bangkok's airport traffic jumped 14.2% in H1 2012

Asian airport traffic continues to climb, surging 7.7% in the first half of 2012.

According to the latest data from Airports Council International (ACI), the region saw a strong 12.3% jump in international passenger traffic in January-June 2012, compared to the same period last year. Domestic traffic grew at a weaker 4.6%.

Japan’s recovering airports, Osaka Kansai and Tokyo Narita, both achieved growth in excess of 20%, while Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport (+14.2%), Singapore Changi and Seoul Incheon (both +11.6%) also saw strong growth.

“Our region went through a challenging year in 2011 and it is encouraging to see a strong rebound in the passenger traffic in the first six months of 2012,” said ACI’s Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Patti Chau. “Driven by the growth in intra-regional and domestic passenger traffic, the region remains resilient to the economic uncertainty that is still looming in other parts of the world.”

By Mark Elliott, 16 August 2012, Thursday 10:16 AM