Airports of Thailand has administered consecutive packages of relief to help its concession partners.

State-owned Airports of Thailand (AoT) has revised its passenger traffic forecast for the period 2021-2023.

In a note to Thailand’s stock exchange, AoT reported an amendment to earlier predictions given in a letter issued in June that reflected the impacts of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

At a Board of Directors meeting held yesterday (25 November), AoT said it expects to see a 10.5% decline in international passenger traffic and a drop of -11.9% in flight numbers compared to the previous forecast.

AoT expects to handle 47.9 million passengers in fiscal year 2021 and 110.9 million passengers in fiscal year 2022.

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In 2023, air traffic volumes are expected to restore to the same level as those in fiscal 2019 before the Covid-19 outbreak.

It adds that the forecast 10.5% decrease in international passengers and 11.9% drop in flight levels are linked to ‘some limitations on arriving international passenger screening at quarantine checkpoints, and domestic passenger and flight numbers which are expected to increase by 16.4% and 20.2%, respectively, from the previous forecast’.

As reported earlier this week, AoT posted a 53.3% drop in concession revenue to Bht 8,164.77 million/$260,457,337.7 million in the 12 months ending September 30 year-on-year.