Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) today announced its highly anticipated Air Connectivity Ranking 2024, revealing a remarkable 14% year-on-year increase in both Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, driven by strong international demand, robust network recovery, and the return of major travel corridors.
For international flights, although the number of passengers entering Japan has been on an increasing trend due to the gradual easing of entry restrictions since March 1, limited passenger traffic continued due to the prolonged impact of COVID-19. For domestic flights, the total number of domestic passengers at the three airports was approximately 65% of the pre-COVID level (April 2019), due to the lifting of quasi-emergency measures in March and an increase in the number of passengers during the consecutive holidays. Although the number of international cargo movements continued to be at a high level of over 2,000 times a month, it was slightly lower than the previous year due to the influence of the recent unstable world situation.
Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has welcomed 1,835,101 passengers (PAX) during the first four months of 2022 - marking a 204.8% surge and 32.7% drop against 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively. Moreover, QAIA recorded 18,962 aircraft movements (ACM) - representing a 126.6% increase and 22.5% decrease compared with 2021 and 2019 figures, respectively. QAIA also handled 18,853 tons of cargo - which was 31.4% higher and 40.3% lower than figures registered in 2021 and 2019, respectively.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) conducted an aircraft crash and rescue exercise today, in preparation for the commissioning of the Third Runway this year.
As part of its commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030, Perth Airport has partnered with Carbon Neutral to offset its bus fleets as well as offering motorists the opportunity to offset their trip to and from the airport when booking parking online.
Kansai Airports Group announced that it will host the 18th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference & Exhibition* in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in 2023.
Kansai Airports Kobe will hold the “Kobe Airport 16th Anniversary Event” on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 at Kobe Harborland umie and Kobe Airport to celebrate the 16th Anniversary of the opening of Kobe Airport on February 16, 2022. (*) At the Kobe Harborland umie venue, we plan to hold booths for local products and tourism, booths by airlines, workshops, and other events for children and adults alike to enjoy. At the Kobe Airport venue, visitors can take a bus tour of the service road around the airport, which are normally inaccessible, to see the runway and other facilities.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) welcomes the appointment of two new members to the Board, as well as the reappointment of two existing members. The two new members are Philip Chen Nan-lok and Laurence Li Lu-jen S.C., and the two reappointed members are Ir Dr the Honourable Lo Wai-kwok and Stuart Thomson Gulliver. The new and reappointed members will serve a term of three years effective from 1 June 2022.
The 17th Airport Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly Meeting 2022, held in Singapore on 18th May 2022, is the first in-person Regional Assembly Meeting held since the outbreak of COVID-19. As the epidemic development and immigration policies vary between different countries, the virtual meeting was held at the same time, for airport members and airline representatives from all over the world to attend.
Airports Council International Asia-Pacific (ACI) has appointed Managing Director of Malaysia Airports, Dato’ Iskandar Mizal Mahmood as Regional Board Director at the 17th ACI Regional Assembly Board Meeting. Dato’ Iskandar joins three other newly appointed Regional Board Directors for a three-year term commencing June 2022.
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