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.
During China’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from October 1 to October 8, 2025, Shanghai’s two major airports, Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao International Airport, recorded unprecedented passenger traffic, marking a new historic high for the holiday period.
The number of foreign and Japanese passengers at Kansai International Airport (KIX) reached 119% and 118% year-on-year respectively, significantly surpassing last year's figures.
Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 1,081,573 passengers (PAX) in August 2025, marking a 12.2% increase compared with the same month last year.
One million travellers are expected to go through Auckland Airport over the school holiday period from today – at least 6% up on the same period last year.
Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 979,525 passengers (PAX) during July 2025 - a 2.9% increase compared to the same period last year.
At KIX, the number of foreign passengers reached 106% year-on-year, while the number of Japanese passengers was 117% year-on-year. As a result, the total number of international passengers reached 2.24 million, or 108% year-on-year.
In July, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 5.2 million passengers and 33,670 flight movements, representing 9.7% and 8.3% year-on-year growth respectively. While transfer/ transit passengers continued to experience growth from a low base, overall passenger traffic growth softened due to adverse weather and a decline in travel demand to Japan.
For the first time ever, Perth Airport has surpassed 1.6 million passengers in a one month period. The July 2025 total of 1,609,744 easily beats the previous July period of 1,493,299 passengers. It also outstrips our best previous month of January 2025 that saw 1,564,314 passengers travel through our terminals.
On the morning of July 22, 2025, PKX breakthroughs a volume of 10 million international passengers. As of July 22, PKX has guaranteed over 18000 international and regional flights and transported over 3.17 million international and regional passengers throughout the year, an increase of 29.49% compared to the same period last year.
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