Hong Kong Airport passenger traffic up 2.5% to 37.8 million in first half 2019

By Luke Barras-hill |

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HKIA pax traffic is up 2.1% on a 12-month rolling basis.

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) carried 37.8m passengers from January to June (+2.5%) year-on-year, according to Airport Authority Hong Kong.

The operator says passenger traffic was driven by strong growth in transfer and transit traffic. In June, passenger traffic lifted by 2.1% to 6.3m, largely supported by growth of the same, with notable increases in volumes to and from Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia.

On a 12-month rolling basis, passenger traffic grew by 2.1% to 75.6m.

Watch out for the August Top 10 Airports report for an analysis of HKIA’s duty free performance.

Image source: HKIA.

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