SINGAPORE, 29 August 2018: Singapore Changi Airport registered 5.72 million passenger movements in July 2018, a 5.7% year-on-year increase.
Aircraft movements rose 2.5% to 32,710 landings and take-offs, while airfreight throughput grew 2.1% to reach 183,300 tonnes, compared to the same period last year.
Passenger traffic during July was boosted by growth across all regions, with traffic to and from Europe rising 19% compared to the same period last year.
With the launch of Scoot’s Berlin service and the resumption of Lufthansa’s Munich service, earlier this year, traffic to and from Germany grew 30%.
Among Changi’s top 10 destinations, London and Denpasar led the gainers, registering double-digit growth.
As of 1 August, more than 100 airlines served Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 400 cities in about 100 countries and territories worldwide.
With more than 7,200 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 80 seconds.
Changi highlight*
New Services: AirAsia doubled its weekly services to Kota Kinabalu to 14 weekly effective 1 August. Malindo Air also launched a new daily service to the same city 10 August.
Restaurants & Stores: House of Seafood opened a new outlet in T3’s basement 2 (public area), selling vacuum-packed ready-to-eat crab in chilli, black pepper and salted egg yolk flavours.
*For the period 16 July to 15 August 2018
