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.
Australians are out exploring their own back yard in increasing numbers after figures out this week indicating passenger numbers at Cairns Airport at a four month high, and now exceeding 27,000 a week.
As the Far North readies itself for the easing of some Queensland border restrictions on Friday, Cairns Airport and Tourism Tropical North Queensland have joined forces in an innovative new campaign that reflects the return of travel is a little different.
ACI Asia-Pacific released preliminary traffic data from 18 airports in major aviation markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East showing year-over-year passenger traffic decline hit -95% by the middle of April. Initial signals of recovery were reported from China with a gradual resumption of its domestic traffic and, to a lesser extent, from South Korea.
With the Government declaration of a state of emergency on Tuesday, 7 April 2020, in accordance with the “Act on Special Measures for Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response,” we have closed Runway B temporarily from Sunday, 12 April.
ACI Asia-Pacific warns the prolonged duration of the COVID-19 outbreak will significantly set back the region’s airports from previously forecasted growth prospects.
Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport revenues are under tremendous pressure two months into 2020 amidst the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, despite moderate growth in 2019.
Passenger traffic was steady in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East during November 2019, compared to the same month of the previous year, at +2.4% and +6.6% respectively.
Passenger traffic in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East recorded growth in October at +1.1% and +5.2% respectively. China’s passenger traffic grew modestly in October, reflecting signs of easing especially in the domestic sector.
To reinforce Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)’s competitiveness and its global status as the leading air cargo hub, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) will support airlines to introduce the Terminal Charge Concession Scheme (the Scheme) with effect from 1 April 2020.
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