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.
Passenger traffic across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East recorded growth in January at +5.6% and +1.7% respectively. China overtook India, generating the highest passenger traffic growth in the region with approximately +8.1% increase from last year.
Sharjah Airport received Turkish Airlines’ inaugural flight from Istanbul. Starting in April, the airline will operate a daily flight to Sharjah Airport from Istanbul New Airport.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw continued growth in all three traffic categories in March 2019. Passenger volume rose by 0.3% to 6.4 million compared to the same month last year, while flight movements increased by 1.3% to 36,735. Cargo throughput recorded year-on-year growth of 0.2% to 432,000 tonnes.
Last month 895,162 people flew internationally, 2.4 per cent less than the same time last year, while domestic travel dropped by 1.9 per cent.
Kansai Airports is delighted to announce that Spring Airlines (9C) will introduce two new routes from Kansai International Airport to Hefei Xinqiao International Airport and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport – both starting on April 17, 2019.
China Eastern Airlines launches its thrice-weekly Hohhot – Kunming – Yangon flights at Yangon International Airport, Terminal 1 at 3 :00 PM this afternoon. Utilizing a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a seat capacity of 184 for the new service, China Eastern Airlines has launched its round-trip flights from
Flying to North and South America from the Coast just got easier, with Air New Zealand retiming its Gold Coast schedule to offer more streamlined onward connections to the US, via its Auckland hub.
The airport of Cambodia’s capital city is expanding both its link with the Philippines and its Asean air connectivity.
Kansai Airports is delighted to announce that Philippines AirAsia will launch a daily flight between Kansai International Airport and Manila beginning July 1, 2019. The Manila-based low-cost carrier will be the third one in the AirAsia Group to serve KIX, and the airport will offer five routes with the group, the highest among airports in Japan. With this new service,
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