bubbalo 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Update of FEBRUARY 2014 CTU and DEL are in top 30 busiest airports in february, that pushes GRU and SZX to 31st and 32nd place. In cumulative statistics nothing change. FEBRUARY JAN-FEB PEK 6 637 000 3,59 PEK 13 697 000 6,43 ATL 6 403 187 -4,15 ATL 13 182 769 -3,71 DXB 5 675 246 11,71 DXB 12 075 952 13,49 HND 4 983 215 -0,32 HND 10 391 261 4,08 LHR 4 898 500 1,00 LHR 10 285 671 2,47 LAX 4 766 586 7,07 LAX 10 185 601 6,91 HKG 4 763 000 2,06 HKG 9 902 000 6,55 ORD 4 541 474 3,23 DFW 9 372 929 3,91 CAN 4 510 000 4,38 CGK 9 200 000 1,02 CGK 4 500 000 1,02 CAN 9 070 400 9,03 DFW 4 450 462 2,05 ORD 8 991 356 -2,37 CDG 4 216 597 3,43 CDG 8 772 632 4,41 SIN 4 109 038 -0,22 SIN 8 705 802 3,11 PVG 3 915 125 4,06 BKK 8 270 777 -6,25 IST 3 909 996 10,73 KUL 8 099 096 20,37 BKK 3 878 377 -10,11 PVG 8 064 411 10,57 KUL 3 864 293 16,45 IST 8 015 180 12,87 DEN 3 779 715 2,23 DEN 7 836 573 1,49 FRA 3 670 230 1,80 FRA 7 680 551 2,65 ICN 3 500 771 5,45 ICN 7 313 150 5,90 AMS 3 439 552 5,15 AMS 7 059 656 5,95 JFK 3 235 571 1,66 JFK 6 970 213 0,89 MIA 3 192 348 1,96 MIA 6 851 931 3,45 PHX 3 149 161 2,19 GRU 6 544 387 17,11 SFO 3 081 846 3,80 SFO 6 519 982 5,53 LAS 3 063 639 2,36 PHX 6 513 131 3,36 CTU 3 040 100 9,75 CLT 6 488 139 1,30 DEL 3 020 678 2,35 SYD 6 375 808 4,08 CLT 2 983 487 -4,24 LAS 6 355 117 3,88 IAH 2 956 972 3,85 IAH 6 117 983 2,67 Edited April 28, 2014 by bubbalo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 Preliminary Operating Statistics For the 1st Quarter of the Financial Year Ended 2014 AirAsia X Berhad (“AAX” or “the Company”), the long-haul, low cost airline affiliate of the AirAsia Group is pleased to announce its operating statistics for the 1st Quarter 2014 (“1Q14”). In 1Q14, the Company recorded an improved load factor of 1.6 percentage point (“ppt”) to 85.8% against 84.2% same quarter last year. This was achieved despite a very large seat capacity growth of 63% year-on-year (“y-o-y”), as passengers carried grew by 67% y-o-y to 1.1 million. In terms of traffic performance, AAX achieved 5.3 billion Revenue-Passenger-KM (“RPK”), up 63% y-o-y against the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, its Available-Seat-KM (“ASK”) capacity grew 60% y-o-y, bringing the expected Full Year 2014 (“FY14”) ASK growth to a projected 41% increase. The ASK increase in 1Q14 was deployed towards additional frequencies on existing routes as well as the launch of a new route, Nagoya, in March 2014. It was less than anticipated as some aircraft capacity was allocated for Thai AirAsia X and for charter operations. Cargo segment continued to see favorable demand, with a 33% y-o-y growth in cargo carried to 9,937 tonnes from 7,482 tonnes in the same period last year, with a 49.6% load factor. In line with the Company’s expansion plan, its fleet size has grown from 11 to 22 aircraft during the same period under review. For 1Q14, AAX took delivery of one A330-300 on finance lease and two A330-330s on operating lease, bringing its total number of A330-300s to 19, including one A330-300 for Thai AirAsia X. The Company also has two A340-300s and one A330-200 for wet lease and charter operations in its fleet. More: http://airasiax.listedcompany.com/misc/1Q14.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 7, 2014 AirAsia Berhad (“AirAsia” or “the company”) is pleased to announce the operating statistics for the 1st Quarter 2014 (“1Q14”). In 1Q14, the Group* recorded a load factor of 78%. Number of passengers carried increased by 17% year-on-year (y-o-y”) to 11.5 million, together with a 19% increase in capacity. During the quarter under review, the Group* took in an additional 3 aircraft (35 additional aircraft y-o-y), bringing the total fleet size of the Group* to 157 at the end of 1Q14. Malaysia AirAsia (“MAA”) continued to post a strong load factor of 81% in 1Q14, up 2 percentage points (“ppts”) as compared to the same period last year despite the challenges faced by the local aviation industry during the quarter. The number of passengers carried increased 4% y-o-y to 5.4 million on the back of a 1% increase in capacity y-o-y. MAA added 1 aircraft into its fleet this quarter and y-o-y it added a total of 6 aircraft. This brings MAA’s total fleet to 72 at the end of 1Q14. MAA introduced four new routes this quarter: Miri – Terengganu and Penang; Kuching – Langkawi and Kota Bharu. Frequencies were also increased on five routes: Kuala Lumpur – Chiang Mai, Naning, Bangkok and Terengganu; Penang – Singapore. Thai AirAsia (“TAA”) recorded a solid load factor of 80% this quarter, down 7 ppts as it added 31% capacity y-o-y while the number of passengers carried increased 22% y-o-y to 3.1 million. This quarter, TAA took in 2 aircraft while y-o-y it took in 9 aircraft in total. At the end of the reporting period, TAA has a total fleet of 37 aircraft. TAA introduced three new routes this quarter: Bangkok – Changsha; Chiang Mai – Hong Kong and Hangzhou. Three existing routes saw an increase in frequencies: Bangkok – Siem Reap, Yangon and Chiang Rai. Indonesia AirAsia (“IAA”) saw a 1 ppt increase y-o-y in its load factor this quarter at 76%. Total number of passengers carried increased by 22% y-o-y to 2.1 million while capacity that was added was 19% y-o-y. No aircraft was added into IAA this quarter but y-o-y, a total of 8 aircraft was added. At the end of the quarter under review, IAA has a total fleet of 30 aircraft. IAA increased its frequencies in two existing routes this quarter: Bali – Kuala Lumpur and Perth. Philippines’AirAsia (“PAA”) which has been fully consolidated with AirAsia Zest operationally, reported a load factor of 66% with a high growth in the number of passengers carried at 520% and total of 0.89 million passengers. Growth in capacity was also high at 614%. Y-o-y, PAA received 16 additional aircraft, a significant increase thanks to the acquisition of Zest Air (now rebranded as AirAsia Zest). PAA’s total number of fleet now stands at 18 aircraft. Frequencies were increased in three existing routes: Manila – Tacloban, Cebu and Kalibo. *Group refers to MAA, TAA, IAA, & PAA More: http://www.airasia.com/docs/common-docs/investor-relations/preliminary_operating_statistics_1q14.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 15, 2014 Overall traffic dynamism continues in April The airports operated by MAHB registered another double digit passenger growth in April 2014 in comparison with April 2013. The total traffic grew by 11.2% and registered 4.0 million movements. The international traffic grew by 11.3% while the domestic sector registered 11.1% over same period last year. The traffic performance and growth remains commendable despite the lower but positive growth experienced in the first two weeks of April following MH370 incident. Up to April 2014 MAHB airports handled 27.3 million passenger movements registering 16.6% growth over the same period 2013. KLIA international traffic continues at double digit growth KLIA passenger movements grew by 8.8% in April 2014 over April 2013. International passenger traffic increased at a higher 11.1% as compared to domestic passengers which grew by 3.4%. This is due to the high base of pre-election movements last year and airlines current increased focus on international routes. KLIA-Main and KLIA-LCCT recorded 9.2% and 8.4% growth respectively. Year-to-date up to April, KLIA passenger traffic stands at 16.3 million registering 14.5% growth over the same period 2013. This achievement to-date is led by KLIA-Main and is highly commendable compared to the other airports in the World’s Top 20 Busiest Airports. klia2 commenced operation on 2nd May 2014 and welcomed Malindo Air, Lion Air, Cebu Pacific and Tiger Airways. In the second phase on 9th May 2014 AirAsia Berhad, AirAsia X, Indonesia AirAsia, Thai AirAsia and AirAsia Zest successfully migrated to klia2. The klia2 migration is the largest ever done in Malaysia in terms of passenger movements shift. A total of 63,500 passengers were handled at klia2 on the 9th May which was almost double that of 1998’s Subang shift to KLIA which involved 35,500 passengers on the first day of operations. The systems and operations at klia2 have proved very dependable and credible through this successful migration. Full statistics here: http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/EDMS/edmsweb.nsf/all/025CDA51C20EC72448257CD80032DE07/$File/Passenger%20Traffic%20Snapshot,%20Jan-Apr%202014.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted May 22, 2014 Malaysia Airlines System pax numbers up 9% in Apr-2014, cargo traffic down 2% http://ir.chartnexus.com/mas/doc/os/Website%202014_04.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 Operating Statistics For The Month Of May 2014 Tigerair Singapore For the month of May 2014, Tigerair Singapore recorded a 17.2% y-o-y increase in traffic to 881 million revenue passenger-kilometres (RPK), while capacity increased by 16.0% to 1,038 million available seat-kilometres (ASK). Consequently, y-o-y passenger load factor improved by 0.9 percentage point to 84.9%. The number of passengers carried grew by 17.7% y-o-y to 473,000. For the 12 months to May 2014, Tigerair Singapore recorded a 15.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in traffic to 9.6 billion RPK, while capacity increased by 23.6% to 12.2 billion ASK. Consequently, passenger load factor was 5.6 percentage points lower at 78.4%. The number of passengers carried grew by 15.7% to 5.2 million, compared to 4.5 million in the previous period. Tigerair Mandala For the 12 months to May 2014, Tigerair Mandala recorded a 124.7% y-o-y increase in traffic to 2.8 billion RPK, while capacity increased by 115.5% to 3.7 billion ASK. Consequently, passenger load factor was 3.1 percentage points higher at 75.9%. The number of passengers carried grew by 99.3% to 1.9 million, compared to 972,000 in the previous period. For the month of May 2014, Tigerair Mandala recorded a 31.5% y-o-y decline in traffic to 148 million RPK, while capacity decreased by 30.8% to 180 million ASK. Consequently, passenger load factor fell by 0.9 percentage point to 82.2%. The number of passengers carried declined by 44.6% y-o-y to 92,000. This was a result of the airline’s network being rationalised to a four aircraft network. Source: http://www.tigerair.com/news/OS_20140611_Tigerair_Operating_Statistics_May14.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prosibu1 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 2014 Q1 passengers for malaysia airports as below: Source: http://www.mot.gov.my/my/Statistics/Aviation/2014%201%20-%20SUKU%20I%202014/Jadual%204.5.pdf Excel file: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IYwEw8iT6NW-5Too8zJX1oiY8cQH3WrVmy447lC1vCg/edit?usp=sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Interesting to see that BKI's international pax traffic is more than 6 times than of KCH's. It shows that KCH is mainly for domestic pax while BKI has a lot more International pax. Edited June 12, 2014 by flee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kee Hooi Yen 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) 2 pax transit in Redang ? SIN-RDN-SZB ? And there were only 24 international pax (arrival + departure) in Q1 at RDN. Wonder how is Berjaya Air doing on its SIN-RDN route ? Edited June 12, 2014 by Kee Hooi Yen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 It's interesting to see KUL continues to grow and has taken over BKK in the most recent ranking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Lawrence 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 It's interesting to see KUL continues to grow and has taken over BKK in the most recent ranking. bad political situation in Bangkok resulted that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amirul Mazlan 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 BKK traffics were largely diverted to Don Mueang especially Thai's two largest LCC fly from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 It's interesting to see KUL continues to grow and has taken over BKK in the most recent ranking. Military coup also meant that May traffic at BKK fell about 14%... Also one should add DMK traffic to ensure that total pax in and out of Bangkok is accounted for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Izanee 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Well, flee, in that case, then u should add SZB to KUL pax numbers as well. However, looking at London overall; LHR, LGW, STN, LTN and LCY are all counted separately (of course u can argue LTN is in hertfordshire and STN is nearer Cambridge!)... I'm so glad tony Fernandez didn't get his dream of a new airport... That would have seriously dropped KUL pax numbers overall. Edited June 24, 2014 by Izanee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike P 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 Well, flee, in that case, then u should add SZB to KUL pax numbers as well. However, looking at London overall; LHR, LGW, STN, LTN and LCY are all counted separately (of course u can argue LTN is in hertfordshire and STN is nearer Cambridge!)... I'm so glad tony Fernandez didn't get his dream of a new airport... That would have seriously dropped KUL pax numbers overall. Having AK Group to operate in SZB would be a huge mistake. Simply the traffic to SZB was so horrible like you would tend to miss your flights all the times! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 Military coup also meant that May traffic at BKK fell about 14%... Also one should add DMK traffic to ensure that total pax in and out of Bangkok is accounted for. I know about BKK. But just looking at KUL stats alone, its growth is amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike P 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 Interesting to see that BKI's international pax traffic is more than 6 times than of KCH's. It shows that KCH is mainly for domestic pax while BKI has a lot more International pax. KCH has a lot lesser international flights than BKI and PEN and that should explain it... though the transit is better than BKI, even the international one, which I'm quite surprised on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
izzo 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 And now for the January-March year-to-date 2014 figures:1 ATLANTA GA, US (ATL) 21 580 661 (1.5)2 BEIJING, CN (PEK) 20 231 042 1.43 DUBAI, AE (DXB) 18 361 820 11.44 TOKYO, JP (HND) 16 649 295 5.05 LONDON, GB (LHR) 16 043 199 0.56 LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX) 15 970 093 5.97 HONG KONG, HK (HKG) 14 984 000 5.58 CHICAGO IL, US (ORD) 14 749 239 0.39 DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW) 14 662 106 3.510 PARIS, FR (CDG) 13 805 887 2.811 GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN) 13 594 624 5.612 JAKARTA, ID (CGK) 13 591 941 (2.4)13 SINGAPORE, SG (SIN) 13 199 802 1.114 DENVER CO, US (DEN) 12 380 937 1.715 ISTANBUL, TR (IST) 12 359 428 10.516 KUALA LUMPUR, MY (KUL) 12 332 959 16.517 BANGKOK, TH (BKK) 12 318 063 (8.9)18 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA) 12 174 092 2.019 SHANGHAI, CN (PVG) 12 015 978 6.420 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS) 11 139 875 4.721 NEW YORK NY, US (JFK) 11 084 897 0.122 INCHEON, KR (ICN) 10 849 651 4.623 PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX) 10 542 992 3.524 MIAMI FL, US (MIA) 10 493 226 1.425 CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT) 10 334 799 2.226 SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO) 10 276 534 5.227 LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS) 10 139 145 3.528 SÃO PAULO, BR (GRU) 9 780 235 14.729 HOUSTON TX, US (IAH) 9 687 063 2.630 SYDNEY, AU (SYD) 9 595 713 2.3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 And now for the January-March year-to-date 2014 figures: 1 ATLANTA GA, US (ATL) 21 580 661 (1.5) 2 BEIJING, CN (PEK) 20 231 042 1.4 3 DUBAI, AE (DXB) 18 361 820 11.4 4 TOKYO, JP (HND) 16 649 295 5.0 5 LONDON, GB (LHR) 16 043 199 0.5 6 LOS ANGELES CA, US (LAX) 15 970 093 5.9 7 HONG KONG, HK (HKG) 14 984 000 5.5 8 CHICAGO IL, US (ORD) 14 749 239 0.3 9 DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US (DFW) 14 662 106 3.5 10 PARIS, FR (CDG) 13 805 887 2.8 11 GUANGZHOU, CN (CAN) 13 594 624 5.6 12 JAKARTA, ID (CGK) 13 591 941 (2.4) 13 SINGAPORE, SG (SIN) 13 199 802 1.1 14 DENVER CO, US (DEN) 12 380 937 1.7 15 ISTANBUL, TR (IST) 12 359 428 10.5 16 KUALA LUMPUR, MY (KUL) 12 332 959 16.5 17 BANGKOK, TH (BKK) 12 318 063 (8.9) 18 FRANKFURT, DE (FRA) 12 174 092 2.0 19 SHANGHAI, CN (PVG) 12 015 978 6.4 20 AMSTERDAM, NL (AMS) 11 139 875 4.7 21 NEW YORK NY, US (JFK) 11 084 897 0.1 22 INCHEON, KR (ICN) 10 849 651 4.6 23 PHOENIX AZ, US (PHX) 10 542 992 3.5 24 MIAMI FL, US (MIA) 10 493 226 1.4 25 CHARLOTTE NC, US (CLT) 10 334 799 2.2 26 SAN FRANCISCO CA, US (SFO) 10 276 534 5.2 27 LAS VEGAS NV, US (LAS) 10 139 145 3.5 28 SÃO PAULO, BR (GRU) 9 780 235 14.7 29 HOUSTON TX, US (IAH) 9 687 063 2.6 30 SYDNEY, AU (SYD) 9 595 713 2.3 16.5% growth, the highest anywhere in the world! I wonder if it's sustainable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 Traffic performance to date Year to date up to May 2014 MAHB airports handled 34.1million passenger movements registering 13.5% growth over the same corresponding period in 2013. KLIA on the other hand registered 20.3 million passengers with 11.6% growth over the same period in 2013. Overall May traffic MAHB’s passenger traffic grew by 2.1% in May 2014 in comparison with May 2013, registering a total of 6.72million passenger movements. International traffic grew by 4.0% while the domestic sector registered a marginal 0.5% growth over the same period last year. May traffic performance can be considered modest, as May 2013 was a record high in MAHB traffic history where both segments of international and domestic recorded double digit growth of 18.6% & 22.3% respectively last year. KLIA traffic KLIA passenger movements grew by 1.0% in May 2014 over May 2013. International passenger traffic increased by 4.5%, and domestic passengers decreased by 6.6%. KLIA Main traffic decreased by 7.9% while klia2/LCCT grew by 11.1%. KLIA Main May 2014 traffic and double digit growth of klia2/LCCT was partly due to Malindo Air, and Lion Air migration of operations to klia2. On like to like comparison assuming same airlines operating then and now, KLIA main traffic declined by 4.3% while klia2/LCCT grew by 6.4%. Overview of traffic The reduced growth in the domestic movements was partly due to May 2013 record high traffic due to General Election movements. In addition, the reduction in airlines’ frequencies particularly KLIA, a trend observed since April 2014, also contributed to the decline where airlines shifted some capacity to international operations. There were also more direct flights, of both international and domestic sector from MASB airports. This is a natural development as the traffic base increases at the smaller airports. The China sector continues with negative trend. For May it was very obvious at KLIA Main and Kota Kinabalu International Airport. The overall decline at KLIA for China sector was in the range of 11%. The double digit growth recorded from klia2/LCCT for the same sector was not sufficient to provide the overall lift. Some capacity cuts by foreign carriers in the international segments had further contributed to the marginal growth. This includes Emirates due to ongoing runway works at Dubai Airport which is expected to be completed in July this year. Some low cost carriers from Singapore, due to ongoing internal issues have reduced frequencies at KLIA. Industry Outlook Recently World Bank has reduced the global GDP growth forecast for 2014 from 3.2% to 2.8%. East Asia and Pacific countries including China and ASEAN are expected to register lower growth. This may have an impact to air travel as well. MAHB airports have shown very strong growth based on the year to date numbers. Despite the marginal growth in May 2014, the immediate short term seat capacity offered by airlines remain strong in the range of 11%. We believe there is latent demand for air travel and this will continue to encourage further traffic growth. With the VMY 2014 promotions, and the encouraging seat capacity offerings, we expect a favourable June traffic performance. We foresee the China sector will recover over time. Research and Planning, MAHB 13th June 2014 More here: http://ir.chartnexus.com/malaysiaairports/website_HTML/attachments/attachment_5014_140613184624.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 16.5% growth, the highest anywhere in the world! I wonder if it's sustainable. I think with the opening of KLIA2, there will be more growth. Once AirAsia gets their A350, there will be more longer haul flights launched. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 I think with the opening of KLIA2, there will be more growth. Once AirAsia gets their A350, there will be more longer haul flights launched. Actually, TF was questioning MAHB where they think the growth is going to come from. Airasia are not very optimistic about their growth this year and they think they can only grow a little and not what MAHB is forecasting. Already the growth from Jan-May has slowed to 11.6%. So growth is at a more normal rate now. Airasia X's A350 is still some 5 years away and I am not sure how much that can contribute... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted July 16, 2014 Malaysia Airports is pleased to announce the passenger traffic snapshot at airports operated by Malaysia Airports Group for the month of January to June 2014. Traffic performance to date In the first half of 2014 MAHB airports cumulatively welcomed 41.3million passenger, which was a 11.8% growth over the same period in 2013. KLIA, MAHB’s flagship and the country’s capital city airport, registered 24.4 million passengers with 9.7% growth over the same period in 2013. Overall June traffic MAHB’s passenger traffic grew by 3.8% in June 2014 compared to June 2013, registering a total of 7.2million passenger movements. This is another record-high month for the current year to date. International traffic grew by 2.0% while the domestic sector registered a more robust 5.4% growth over the same period last year. This traffic performance is commendable considering it was achieved over a strong June 2013 which had last year recorded explosive growth of 21.5% growth. KLIA traffic KLIA passenger movements grew by 1.3% in June 2014 over June 2013. International passenger traffic increased by 2.7%, although domestic passengers declined by 1.9%. KLIA-Main traffic decreased by 8.3% while klia2 grew by 12.8%. Part of this was due to the shift of Lion Air and Malindo Airways from KLIA-Main to klia2 on 2 May 2014. On a like-for-like comparison assuming the same airlines operating then and now, KLIA-Main traffic declined by 4.5% while klia2 grew by 7.6% in the month of June 2014. This is also within expectations given the high base last year as well as the trend of market share movements between the domestic carriers. This was exacerbated, however, by external macro factors, which are discussed in the Overview section below. As expected, June was also the first month ever that the newly opened klia2 terminal managed more passengers than the earlier KLIA-Main terminal. This was simply not possible in LCCT’s time, in part due to the smaller sized terminal (and lesser of other critical airport infrastructure). This achievement is also, in equal measure, due to the now larger number of airlines able to operate at klia2, compared to the previous, temporary terminal. However, there were still more international passengers in KLIA-Main compared to klia2 in June 2014. Overview of traffic In June, traffic growth seems to have softened more than expected, although it remained in positive territory. Due to 2013’s high base of a 21.5% growth, a lower single-digit growth would have been most likely for June 2014. However, a confluence of other factors also affected passenger growth trends. Among others, uncertainties in Thailand, lower visitor numbers from China, escalating conflict in the Middle East and capacity cuts by Singapore-based carriers were the most pronounced factors – in descending order of impact. These have in turn naturally caused some reduction in the feeder traffic (of transit/transfer passengers) from KLIA to other MAHB airports. Conversely, the mixed performance at KLIA was mitigated by more direct domestic flights from other MAHB airports which registered a total passenger growth of 9.3% over June 2013. In part, this dynamic growth at other MAHB airports is a natural development as the traffic base at these smaller airports increases, although it is common not to expect a linear trend of growth, but rather more ebbs and flows, although still maintaining a general trend of positive growth. Industry Outlook The current global geopolitical events may have an impact on the traffic numbers. Latest international and domestic seat capacity data shows an average increase of 6% and 0.8% respectively for the next six months, lower than previous indications of about a 10% growth rate. The lower economic growth in East Asia and Pacific countries as reported by the World Bank may also have an impact on total traffic growth trends as indicated in MAHB’s May report. Nevertheless, based on the current year-to-date traffic performance and the identified volatilities, MAHB expects the year to end with about 85million passengers or about 7% growth over the final 2013 total numbers, which is still above the targeted number of over 83million passengers. Research and Planning, MAHB 16th July 2014 Full report: http://announcements.bursamalaysia.com/EDMS/edmsweb.nsf/all/1F11C3A9A126BF9648257D1700321575/$File/Passenger%20Traffic%20Snapshot,%20Jan-June%202014.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jani 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2014 Is KLIA on track to surpass 50 million? Annualized, the current figure only stands at 48.8 million. Perhaps the second half of the year is typically a busier period? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Azizul Ramli 2 Report post Posted July 30, 2014 World's top 30 busiest airports from 1 January 2014 - 30 April 2014: KUL is world's 17th busiest airport. ASEAN Ranking CGK - 12th - 17 914 166 SIN - 13th - 17 583 802 KUL - 17th - 16 305 149 BKK - 18th - 16 247 477 Highest Growth Sao Paulo GRU - 15.0% KUL - 14.5% Dubai - 11.9% Istanbul - 10.9% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites