Friday 29 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Global air passenger traffic increased 4.6% in the month of May, slightly below the past 12 month growth trend of 6%, according to the Airports Council International (ACI).

In a statement yesterday, the ACI said airports also reported an increase of 4.1% in international passenger traffic and an increase of 5.2% in domestic traffic.

It said accumulated total passenger traffic growth for the first five months of 2016 was a 5.9% year-over-year increase.

Meanwhile, at the regional level the results were mixed, said ACI.

It said the Middle East continued to lead passenger traffic growth with a robust 11.4% year-over-year increase, driven by international passenger growth of 11.8%.

It said Doha (DOH), the region’s second busiest airport after Dubai (DXB), saw traffic leap by over 23%.

ACI said Asia-Pacific followed in second place with a growth of 7.2%.

It said the region benefited from the buoyant traffic gains in India.

“With strong economic fundamentals, the sub-continent continued to be one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world.

“Delhi (DEL) grew 21% in May as compared to the previous year,” it said.

ACI said European airports experienced more moderate gains in passenger traffic, with a 3.6% year-over-year increase.

It said the slight weakening of traffic growth levels in the near term came after the April terrorist attacks at Brussel (BRU) which had a spillover effect across European hubs.

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