SINGAPORE, 25 July 2018: Singapore Changi Airport handled 5.57 million passenger movements in June, a 6.9% year-on-year increase.
Aircraft movements grew 3.1% at 31,870 landings and takeoffs.
In June, traffic between Singapore and Europe grew 19%. Among Changi’s top 10 markets, Indonesia (+11%) and Japan (+12%) were the fastest growing, boosted by travel to Denpasar and Tokyo. Routes to London, Melbourne, Mumbai and Shanghai also registered double-digit growth.
For the first half of the year, Changi Airport registered 32.1 million passenger movements, 5.5% higher than the same period last year.
Nine of Changi’s top 10 markets — Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Australia, India, the Philippines, Japan and Vietnam — recorded higher traffic, with India (+13%) registering the strongest growth.
As of 1 July, 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 highlights*
New Services: Following LOT Polish Airlines’ new Singapore-Warsaw connection last month, the airline has added one new frequency, bringing weekly services to four. On 2 July, Scoot launched a new thrice-weekly service to Nanchang, China.
New Retail: Terminal 2 welcomed new F&B outlets in the public areas of the terminal. In the Departure Hall, Krispy Kreme, Spanish frozen yogurt chain, Ilao Ilao, and Taiwanese bubble tea store, TP Tea, have opened, with the latter two being the first outlets in Singapore.
In the arrival hall, five new F&B options – Coffee Toast Express, Crave, Pezzo, Stuff’d and Yolé are now available.
Changi Airport’s traffic statistics are available at http://www.changiairport.com/corporate/about-us/traffic-statistics.html.
*For the period 16 June to 15 July 2018
