Malaysia Airports records over 10m passenger movements in October 2023

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) recorded 10.17m passenger movement in October 2023, up 21.6% year-on-year, despite October being generally a low season month for travelling. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the airport operator said international and domestic passenger movements for its network of airports registered 5.1m and 5.0m passengers, an increase of 40.3% and 7.0%, respectively, over the same month last year. It said the October figures had reached more than 87% of the pre-pandemic levels for both international and domestic sectors. “Passenger movements in Malaysia continued to show steady traffic recovery in tandem with the gradual increase in airline seat capacity as airlines progressively overcome the shortage in fleets due to challenges in the supply chain, and maintenance, repair and overhaul (sector). “International airlines seat capacity offered in October 2023 increased by 3.3%, which was higher compared with the month before, bringing the international passenger movements to 3.4m, a growth of 3.6% over September 2023,” it said.<br/>