Singapore: Changi Airport June traffic up 6.9% year on year

Changi Airport handled 5.57m passenger movements in June 2018, a 6.9% year-on-year increase, Changi Airport Group said Tuesday. In terms of landings and takeoffs, there were 31,870 aircraft movements in June, 3.1% higher than the same period last year. Traffic between Singapore and Europe grew 19% in June; and among Changi's top 10 markets, Indonesia and Japan were the fastest growing, boosted by travel to Denpasar and Tokyo. Other routes to cities like London, Melbourne, Mumbai and Shanghai also registered a double digit growth, said CAG. Amid these figures, LOT Polish Airlines introduced one more Singapore-Warsaw connection, bringing the total number of weekly services to four. This comes after the new Singapore-Warsaw connection was introduced in May. Additionally, for H1, Changi Airport recorded 32.1m passenger movements, 5.5% higher than the same period last year.<br/>