AoT reports business growth

The Airports of Thailand released its August data for six airports under its management showing positive performances in all sectors. Total aircraft movements for all airports improved 8.40% from 38,378 to 41,603. Passenger traffic was up 12.94% from 5,756,842 to 6,501,842. Bangkok’s prime gateway, Suvarnabhumi Airport, registered growth in all sectors in August. International aircraft movements were up by 5.76% from 18,430 to 19,492 movements, while domestic sector reported a double digits growth of 14.59%, up from 6,263 to 7,177 movements. International passengers also improved by 9.21%, up from 3,219,749 to 3,516,155 as well as the domestic sector that registered a double digit growth of 19.02%, up from 919,132 to 1,093,966 passengers. Phuket International Airport also reported increases in all sectors with international aircraft movements up by 13.43% from 2,368 to 2,686. The domestic sector increased by 7.17%, up from 2,247 to 2,408 movements in August. Passenger traffic grew for both international and domestic by 19.46% from 357,680 to 427,300 (international) and by 14.47% from 357,461 to 409,176 (domestic). Chiang Mai International Airport registered improvement in all sectors in August. International aircraft movements increased 26.11%, from 337 to 425 movements. Domestic sector increased 4.86% from 2,224 to 2,332 movements. Passenger traffic registered increases in all sectors. International passengers shot up 50.06%, from 30,192 to 45,307, while domestic grew 11.44% from 286,368 to 319,120. Bangkok’s domestic airport, Don Mueang International Airport saw a slight improvement in aircraft movements of 5.24%, up from 4,711 to 4,95. Passenger traffic improved 12.94%, up from 358,154 to 404,500. Improvements should continue for Don Mueang, which will resume international services for budget airlines. AirAsia will move all of its services there 1 October and this will significantly increase business for the airport. Hat Yai International Airport reported gains in both aircraft movements and passenger traffic by 1.88% from 1,013 to 1,032 and by 14.44% from 142,424 to 162,991 respectively. Chiang Rai International Airport caters for just one international service, a twice weekly from Kunming in China, registered double digit growth in aircraft movements and passenger traffic, up by 31.75% from 378 to 498 movements and up by 29.25% from 60,363 to 78,018. From ttrweekly