Indian and Chinese nationals helped boost passenger traffic at Changi airport last month, and a total of 5 million travellers passed through its gates during that month.
The airport said in a statement last month’s figures were an increase of 4.6% compared to the same period last year, bringing total passenger traffic at the airport to 25.21 million so far this year, TODAY reported.
Traffic from South Asia saw a 17% growth, with India leading the tally, charting a 21% year-on-year growth, as passengers to and from Mumbai and Chennai rose by more than 20%.
China was the other major market. It registered double-digit growth -- 11% -- accounting for more than half a million passengers last month, or about one in every 10 passengers who passed through Changi.
Meanwhile, aircraft movements rose 3.2% to 31,200 landings and takeoffs; and cargo shipments saw double-digit growth for the second time this year, with a year-on-year increase of 12.6% to reach 177,340 tonnes, thanks in part to stable recovery of industrial activity in the United States, Germany and Japan, as improvements were seen across exports, imports and transhipments.
As of June 1, there are more than 100 airlines operating at Changi, with over 7,000 weekly scheduled flights connecting Singapore to some 380 cities in 90 countries and territories worldwide.