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​Singapore's air passenger traffic recuperates strongly

According to Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG), overall passenger figures in October 2023 recovered to 90.7% of 2019 levels, the highest percentage since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The main factor contributed to the growth was attributed by passenger traffic between Singapore and the Republic of Korea (RoK) which eclipsed pre-pandemic levels by 36%.
​Singapore's air passenger traffic recuperates strongly ảnh 1Overall passenger traffic at Changi Airport rebounded to 90.7% of 2019 levels in October, the highest since COVID-19 struck (Photo: straitstimes.com)

Singapore (VNA) – According to Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG), overallpassenger figures in October 2023 recovered to 90.7% of 2019 levels, the highestpercentage since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The main factor contributed to the growth was attributed bypassenger traffic between Singapore and the Republic of Korea (RoK) whicheclipsed pre-pandemic levels by 36%.

According to data released by CAGand the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, in October this year, 5.12 milliontravellers passed through the airport, compared with 5.65 million in October2019.

About 28,700 commercial flightstook off from or landed at Changi, amounting to 89.8 % of the flights inOctober 2019.

CAG said the RoK market has seenthe strongest recovery so far in 2023 among the airport’s top 10 markets.

CAG said passenger trafficbetween the RoK and Singapore had recovered to above 2019 levels since the beginningof 2023, outperforming pre- numbers by at least 25 % each month.

It attributed this to the growthin traffic between Singapore and the RoK cities of Seoul and Busan, as well aslow-cost carrier Scoot’s launch of flights to and from Jeju island in June 2022.

Another factor behind the growingdemand has been a corresponding increase in flight capacity by airlines. Scoot, Jeju Air, Singapore Airlines have increased the number of flights a weekbetween Singapore and the RoK. CAG said there are now six airlines operatingflights between the two countries, compared with five before the pandemic.

Other top marketsin October of Changi Airport were Indonesia, the Philippines, andVietnam./.

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