Thailand: Air passenger traffic increasing - but slower
The fast and furious growth in Thailand's air passenger traffic seen last year has come to an apparent end. Newly released figures from Airports of Thailand confirm a slower pace at Suvarnabhumi and 5 other big airports as overheating demand cools down. Cumulative volume of passengers boarding, alighting and transiting in the first 11 months of 2016 rose by 11% year-on-year, half the pace of 22.5% achieved in the same period of 2015. Combined passenger volume in the Jan-Nov 2016 period remained overwhelming with 110.4m, compared with a tally of 99.46m in the year-earlier period. Aircraft movements showed slower growth in line with passenger volume, rising 8.7% in the 11-month period to 718,525 versus 17.3% growth with 661,135 movements a year earlier. <br/>
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Thailand: Air passenger traffic increasing - but slower
The fast and furious growth in Thailand's air passenger traffic seen last year has come to an apparent end. Newly released figures from Airports of Thailand confirm a slower pace at Suvarnabhumi and 5 other big airports as overheating demand cools down. Cumulative volume of passengers boarding, alighting and transiting in the first 11 months of 2016 rose by 11% year-on-year, half the pace of 22.5% achieved in the same period of 2015. Combined passenger volume in the Jan-Nov 2016 period remained overwhelming with 110.4m, compared with a tally of 99.46m in the year-earlier period. Aircraft movements showed slower growth in line with passenger volume, rising 8.7% in the 11-month period to 718,525 versus 17.3% growth with 661,135 movements a year earlier. <br/>
