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Passenger traffic reaches new high at Singapore's Changi Airport in June this year

Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

A total of 4.7 million passengers passed through Singapore's Changi Airport in June, up 1 percent from a year ago and also the highest since 2015, according to latest figures released by the Changi Airport Group ( CAG) on Tuesday.

The increase was driven by continued rise of traffic from Thailand, with passenger movements to and from Bangkok registering robust growth of 30 percent in the first half of 2015. Bangkok has therefore overtaken Jakarta to top the list of Changi Airport's busiest routes in 2015 so far, while Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and Manila are on the top five list, CAG said.

In terms of flight movements, a total of 28,530 aircraft landings and take-offs were recorded during the month, a growth of 1.4 percent year-on-year.

On the cargo front, even though airfreight shipments dipped 2.2 percent to 151,300 tonnes in June, total cargo volume for the half- year rose 0.2 percent to 912,300 tonnes, CAG said. Endi