Year-to-date air passenger traffic rises to 15.3m in February

Malaysia’s year-to-date air passenger traffic grew significantly by 21.4% to 15.3m as of February 2024, compared with 12.6m passengers recorded in the same period in 2023. The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) said its air passenger traffic forecast for this year would range between 93.9m and 107.1m passengers, underscoring the anticipated growth trajectory in the aviation sector. “The recovery momentum is further evidenced by February 2024’s passenger traffic reaching 95.4% of February 2019,” Mavcom said in a statement today. Mavcom said that in February 2024, the country witnessed passenger traffic attaining 8.1m, a substantial 12.6% month-on-month increase from January 2024, which recorded 7.19m passengers. This marked a substantial 34.8% year-on-year growth compared with February 2023, which recorded 6.01m passengers, it added. “Domestic and international passenger traffic contributed to 49.3% and 50.7% of overall traffic in February 2024, respectively, marking a 3.2 percentage point increase in domestic passenger traffic share compared with January 2024,” it said.<br/>