Thai airports improve passenger traffic

Airports of Thailand reported strong increases in both aircraft movements and passenger traffic at the six airports under its management during February this year.

AoT reported, on Tuesday, that all of its supervised airports served 11,177,269 passengers, up 4.59% from 10,686,642 when compared with the same month in 2016.
Overall, aircraft movements also increased by 2.96% from 64,624 to 66,535.
For the first two months of the year, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport handled 10.76 million passenger movements, followed by Don Mueang with 6.30 million and Phuket 3.13 million. Chiang Mai Airport clocked up 1.90 million.
February highlights
Suvarnabhumi Airport suffered a slight decrease of 2.56% in international aircraft movements from 21,538 to 20,986, while domestic movements grew 8.68% from 6,605 to 7,178 movements.
International passenger traffic increased 1.27% from 4,189,331 to 4,136,790, while domestic passenger traffic grew 12.60% from 907,838 to 1,022,245. Overall, it accounted for a 3.31% increase from 5,044,628 to 5,211,576.
The second aviation gateway, Don Mueang Airport, recorded a 0.47% increase in international aircraft movements from 6,368 to 6,398. Domestic movements posted an improvement of 3.93% from 13,023 to 13,535.
International passenger traffic increased 6.82% from 998,301 to 1,066,406, and domestic traffic improved 3.30% from 1,889,245 to 1,951,582.
Chiang Mai International Airport continued to show growth in February. International aircraft movements registered an increase of 0.13% (1,598 to 1,600), while domestic aircraft movements increased 9.82% (4,065 to 4,464).
International passenger traffic decreased by a marginal 1.06% from 214,166 to 211,902, while domestic traffic gained 8.43% from 629,398 to 682,453.
Phuket International Airport registered a slight decline of 0.09% in international aircraft movements from 4,474 to 4,470, while domestic aircraft movements improved 9.54% from 3,773 to 4,133.
International passenger traffic increased 3.80% from 819,377 to 850,545, while domestic traffic improved 5.43% from 630,099 to 664,283.
Chiang Rai International Airport reported a 14.69% increase in aircraft movements from 1,225 to 1,405, while passenger traffic grew 17.89% from 172,456 to 203,302.
Hat Yai International Airport saw aircraft movement improve 21.02% from 1,955 to 2,366 in February. Meanwhile, passenger traffic registered a 16.00% increase from 288,972 to 335,220 passenger movements.