Hong Kong airport traffic climbs in April
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Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) continued to see strong growth in flight movements and passenger volume last month. Flight movements surged 12.1% from a year earlier to 27,685 while passenger trips increased 8.5% to 4.5 million. The growth in passenger traffic in April was mainly driven by local resident travel as well as visitor traffic, which registered yearly growth of 13% and 8% respectively. Passenger traffic to/from Southeast Asia performed particularly well.
Over the past 12 months, the airport handled 51.8 million passengers and more than 4.1 million tonnes of cargo, representing increases of 10.7% and 12.8% respectively. Aircraft movements also saw an increase of 13.7%, amounting to 319,320.
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