CAPA > Aviation Analysis > Airports of Thailand pax up 8%; Shanghai Airport pax rises 33.6% year-on-year

• Passenger numbers: 4.7 million, +8% year-on-year;
  • International: 3.0 million, +15%;
  • Domestic: 1.7 million, -2.5%;
    • Bangkok International Airport: 3.5 million, +4.4%;
    • Don Mueang: 254,456, +97.1%;
    • Chiang Mai: 248,527, -1.5%;
    • Hat Yai: 122,070, +7%;
    • Phuket: 507,698, +17.5%;
    • Chiang Rai: 52,183, -12.6%;
• Cargo volume: 121,223 tonnes, +28.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 31,645, +7.5%

China’s Shanghai Pudong International Airport (-3%) reported the following traffic highlights in Jul-2010:

• Passenger numbers: 3.9 million, +33.6% year-on-year;
  • Domestic: 2.0 million, +29.5%;
  • International: 1.3 million, +36.9%;
  • Regional: 525,900, +42.3%;
• Cargo volume: 273,700 tonnes, +22.9%;
  • Domestic: 28,200 tonnes, -15.6%;
  • International: 208,100 tonnes, +29.3%;
  • Regional: 37,400 tonnes, +32.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 29,533, +14.2%;
  • Domestic: 15,582, +12.7%;
  • International: 10,554, +17.1%;
  • Regional: 3,102, +16.2%.

See related CAPA profile: Traffic and capacity

Asia Pacific airport operator shares were a mixed bag on Friday with Xiamen (-3.1%) and MAp (-2.3%) shares down while shares for Malaysia Airports (+0.4%) gained.

Selected airports daily share price movements (% change): 20-Aug-2010

Source: Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation & Yahoo! Finance