Airports of Thailand reports May gains
Airports of Thailand reports its May data showed increases in both aircraft movements and passengers at the six airports under its management.
AoT reported, earlier this week, that all of its supervised airports handled 8,605,741 passenger movements up 29.13% from 6,664,287 during the same month last year.
The overall airports’ aircraft movements also increased by 18.40% from 50,534 to 59,830.
During the first five months of the year, the country main gateway Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport handled 22.86 million passenger movements followed by Don Mueang with 12.15 million and Phuket 5.56 million. Chiang Mai Airport handled 3.43 million. The definition of a passenger is a person making a single sector trip.
Suvarnabhumi Airport registered an increase of 14.29% in international aircraft movements from 18,059 to 20,640, while domestic movements dropped slightly by 0.50% from 5,621 to 5,593 movements.
International passenger traffic increased 26.87% from 2,782,588 to 3,530,180, while domestic passengers increased 4.26% from 606,617 to 632,477. Overall, it accounted for a 22.82% increase in passengers from 3,389,205 to 4,162,657.
The second aviation gateway, Don Mueang Airport recorded a 32.85% increase in international aircraft movement from 3,836 to 5,096. Domestic movements posted a 36.17% improvement from 9,810 to 13,358.
International passenger traffic increased 62.47% from 451,967 to 734,304, while domestic passengers increased 44.70% from 1,184,005 to 1,713,292.
Chiang Mai International Airport continued to show growth in May. Both international and domestic aircraft movements registered double-digit increases of 38.90% (966 to 1,342) and 30.78% (3,008 to 3,934).
International passenger traffic grew 51.64% from 94,465 to 143,251, while domestic traffic gained 30.57% from 363,071 to 474,077.
Phuket International Airport registered an increase of 2.55% in international aircraft movements from 3,218 to 3,300, while domestic aircraft movements improved 14.43% from 2,911 to 3,331.
International passenger traffic increased 10.71% from 442,712 to 490,142, while domestic improved 19.96% from 366,871 to 440,089.
Chiang Rai International Airport reported an increase in aircraft movements of 3.37% from 1,040 to 1,075 while passenger traffic grew 26.58% from 105,048 to 132,971.
Hat Yai International Airport reported an overall aircraft movement increased 4.65% from 2,065 to 2,161 in May. Meanwhile, overall passenger traffic registered a 17.99% growth from 266,943 to 314,958 passengers.
