Changi Airport: Operating Indicators for January 2015

SINGAPORE, 27 Febuary 2015 – Singapore Changi Airport handled 4.42 million passenger movements in January 2015, 3.8% less than a year ago. In tandem, aircraft movements decreased 5.2% to 28,800. Airfreight movements rose 1% to 151,800 for the month.

Passenger traffic in January last year was boosted by the Lunar New Year which fell on the last day of the month. Notwithstanding this, traffic to and from South Asia grew 5% in January 2015, mainly fuelled by increased travel on India routes. Traffic between Singapore and Thailand continued to improve, rising 22% for the month. In particular, among Changi Airport’s top 10 destinations, Bangkok registered the strongest growth, up 34%.

As at 1 February 2015, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 300 cities in 80 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,500 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds.

Changi Airport’s traffic statistics are available at http://www.changiairportgroup.com/cag/html/the-group/air_traffic_statistics.html.