Airport sees 3 pct uptick in passengers y-o-y in H1

The Macau International Airport saw a 3 per cent increase in the amount of passengers it handled during the first half of the year, at 3.35 million passengers, according to a press release. In addition the cargo flow increased 14.7 per cent year-on-year in the first half year, at over 17,000 tons. During the period two new routes and two new airline companies were launched at the airport, totalling 43 routes operated by 27 airlines. In addition the group notes that the North Extension project is still expected to be completed and come online in the second half of the year.
The airport has set whole year targets for 60,500 flight movements, ‘including 2,900 general aviation aircraft movements, 34,000 tonnes of cargo and 6.85 million of passenger traffic’. The expansion is expected to bring the airports’ traffic capacity to 7.5 million passengers.