Operating Indicators for September 2013

SINGAPORE, 23 October 2013 – Singapore Changi Airport handled 4.3 million passenger movements in September 2013, an increase of 6.9% over the same month last year. In terms of flight movements, 28,400 landings and take-offs were recorded during the month, a growth of 7.2%.  On the cargo front, 152,800 tonnes of airfreight were processed at Changi Airport in September 2013, a decrease of 2.5% year-on-year. 

For the month, traffic to and from South East Asia, North East Asia and the Middle East registered double-digit growth.  Among Changi Airport’s top 10 city links, travel to Denpasar (Bali) and Taipei saw the largest increases of more than 30%. 

For the first three quarters of 2013, 39.7 million travellers passed through Changi Airport, representing an increase of 5.6% compared to the corresponding period in 2012.  Aircraft movements increased in tandem, growing by 5.5% to 254,000.  Airfreight shipments were stable at 1.4 million tonnes (+0.7%) for the same period.

As at 1 October 2013, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to 250 cities in some 60 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,700 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 100 seconds.

Changi Airport’s traffic statistics are available at

http://www.changiairportgroup.com/cag/html/the-group/air_traffic_statistics.html.

Other highlights at Changi

New Services – United Airways (IATA: 4H) will commence operations at Changi Airport on 4 November.  The second Bangladeshi carrier to operate at Changi, United Airways will operate a thrice weekly service between Dhaka and Singapore using a 167-seater MD-83 aircraft.  In addition, Tigerair is commencing new services to Lijiang (thrice fortnightly), Surabaya (six times weekly) and Yangon (daily) in the month of October.

Frequency Changes – Frequencies of the following services have been increased for the Northern Winter 2013 season:

New Outlets – Two new service outlets have commenced operations in the public areas of Changi Airport’s terminals.  Smartphone rental service, Handy Singapore opened an outlet in each of the three terminals.  Offering exclusive deals for the best experiences in Singapore, Changi Recommends has opened its second outlet at Terminal 1’s Arrival Hall.