The Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade group representing over 600 airports across 44 countries and territories, today released its Travel Retail Study in the Post-Pandemic Era, revealing a fundamental shift in airport retail dynamics. The study points out that younger travelers are now driving spend, while passenger behaviour, rather than sheer traffic volumes, has become the defining factor of airport travel retail performance.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today announced the air traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for November 2022. During the month, HKIA handled 1.05 million passengers, representing a surge of 769.6%, or around 7.7 times, compared to the same month last year. Flight movements and cargo volume recorded year-on-year decreases of 8.3% and 25.9% to 13,645 and 354,000 tonnes, respectively.
Kansai Airports today announced its half-year consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, posting operating revenues of 41.2 billion yen, operating loss of 12.2 billion yen, ordinary loss of 17.4 billion yen and net loss of 12.8 billion yen.
Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 7,177,227 passengers (PAX) from the start of 2022 until November, registering a 75.5% increase and 13.2% decline against 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively.
On Tuesday 13 December, 2022, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed the first Wizz Air UK flight from London Luton Airport - marking the start of three direct flights per week between Amman and London via the low-cost carrier.
KL International Airport (KLIA) and Langkawi International Airport (LGK retained their positions as the world’s best airports by achieving perfect scores of 5.00 respectively in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey for Q3 2022. Both airports had attained the same top spot in Q2 2022. For Q3, KLIA shared the achievement in the over 40 million passengers per annum (mppa) category alongside eight other airports. Meanwhile, LGK was the only airport in its category of 2–5 mppa to score full points in the survey. ASQ is a global survey by Airports Council International (ACI) that measures overall passenger satisfaction for terminal safety, facilities, services, and cleanliness.
International passenger volume nearly doubled compared to the previous month (September) and was the highest since March 2020, due in particular to a significant increase in the number of inbound passengers, following the significant easing of border restrictions since October 11.
Dubai Airports has upped again its annual forecast for passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) to 64.3 million following a strong performance by the hub in the third quarter, and the prospects of a stronger surge in the offing in the final three months of 2022.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today announced the air traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for October 2022. During the month, passenger throughput at HKIA reached 755,000, representing a surge of 447.9% over the same period last year. Passenger volume in October 2022 returned to around 13% of pre-pandemic levels. Cargo throughput and flight movements declined year on year by 23.9% and 10.2% to 351,000 tonnes and 12,575, respectively.
Airport International Group announced that, during the first 10 months of 2022, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) received 6,557,424 passengers (PAX), registering a 81.15% increase and 14.13% decline against 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively. QAIA also witnessed 57,389 aircraft movements (ACM), 56.45% more and 15.37% less than the figures recorded during the same periods in 2021 and 2019, respectively. As for year-to-date cargo figures, QAIA handled 51,283 tons, marking a 6.73% rise and 40.03% drop compared with 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively.
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