Thailand: AoT airports enjoy passenger boom

Passenger traffic through gateway Suvarnabhumi and five other big Thai airports showed robust growth in the first half of the year. <br/>Passenger traffic grew in tandem with aircraft movements, which rose by 9.1% to 389,740 as the country's political stability and growing tourism industry fuelled traffic demand. Cargo movements through AoT-operated airports, which were in the doldrums, also showed an increase in the first half with 3.9% growth to 689,734 tonnes. Suvarnabhumi continued to hold the lion's share of overall passenger traffic with 28.39 million passengers, representing 46.5% of the total. <br/>