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Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), a prominent member of Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID)/ACI World and a key player in Vietnam's aviation sector, is proud to announce its co-hosting of The Trinity Forum 2024, world's leading airport commercial revenues conference. The prestigious forum will be hosted in collaboration with Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP Group) and will convene in the bustling metropolis brimming with culture and innovation of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 5 – 6, 2024.
The Malaysia Airports Group has reported EBITDA of RM186.9 million for its financial period ended 31 March 2022 (1Q22), a significant improvement compared to the negative RM16.2 million recorded over the same period last year (1Q21). The significant improvement in Group EBITDA was largely in line with the traffic recovery for both of the Group’s operations for Malaysia and Turkey.
The return of American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, announced today has cemented Auckland Airport’s title as the Australasian airport with the most non-stop connections to the United States and Canada.
Asia-Pacific and the Middle East aviation industry is experiencing green shoots of recovery, according to the first edition of the Airport Industry Outlook, a quarterly report by Airports Council International Asia-Pacific (ACI APAC). The report, developed in partnership with Mott MacDonald — a global engineering, management and development consultancy— provides a snapshot of how airports in the region have performed during the first quarter of 2022 (Jan to March). This analysis also sheds light on two recurring themes which are currently impacting the industry — COVID-19 pandemic and the geo-political conflict.
The 17th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Board & General Assembly concluded successfully-- our first in-person meeting in more than two years since the pandemic broke out.
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.
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today announced the traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for April 2022. During the month, HKIA handled 126,000 passengers, representing a year-on-year increase of 109.4%, although passenger volume remained significantly lower than the pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Cargo throughput and flight movements recorded 375,000 tonnes and 10,320, respectively, representing decreases of 2.8% and 0.6% compared to the same month in 2021.
AirAsia is back at Perth Airport to service one of Western Australia’s most popular holiday destinations.AirAsia last operated this service on the 20 of March 2020, with the flight recommencing on Sunday 15 May 2022. Perth Airport CEO, Kevin Brown said it was fantastic to see another airline partner return.
Dubai International (DXB) has recorded the busiest quarter since 2020 with 13.6m passengers in Q1 2022, indicating that traffic recovery is gaining momentum at the world’s busiest international hub. This is the second consecutive quarter when passenger traffic at DXB has surpassed the 10-million mark.
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