MIA PASSENGERS JUMP 17 PCT DURING GOLDEN WEEK

2014/10/8

From：Macau Business Daily

The number of travellers using Macau International Airport posted significant growth during the National Day Golden Week – more than 74,000 passengers passed through the local airport in the time period, a year-on-year increase of 17 percent, the managing company of the airport, Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. (CAM), announced on Monday night.
CAM announced that the five-day Golden Week holiday starting on October 1 was the first peak for MIA since the summer holiday. Its figures showed that more than 700 aircraft movements were recorded in these five days, representing 10 percent growth year-on-year.
Meanwhile, the passenger volume of MIA registered a year-on-year 1.4 percent increase in September, with over 44,000 passengers passing through the local airport; over 2,300 aircraft landings and departures were reported for a 1.4 increase year-on-year.
The managing company particularly stated that Southeast Asia passengers as well as Mainland travellers recorded a 7.7 percent and a 2 percent growth year-on-year, respectively. However, those from Taiwan registered a slight drop, the company claimed, without releasing the figure.
In addition, CAM said that MIA had used the advantages of local air traffic rights to facilitate a new air service, such as launching charter flights from Bangkok to Palau via Macau. ‘MIA will continue taking advantage of the air freedom, developing more regular and charter air services, further diversifying the route market,’ it wrote in its announcement.
During the summer peak, the airport recorded a daily average of 14,300 passengers in July and a daily average of 16,400 passengers in August. Meanwhile, new outbound flights from Macau International Airport jumped year-on-year by 74 percent in July and August, according to a press release by the Civil Aviation Authority in August.

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