MAHB April 2012 Traffic Report

Passenger traffic in April 2012 at MAHB operated airports registered a year-on-year growth of 2.3% compared with April 2011. International passengers registered a growth of 4.8% while domestic passengers declined by 0.1%. The overall increase in international passengers was contributed by 8.6% increase in AirAsia Group movements and 11.9% increase in foreign airlines movements. AirAsia Group aircraft movements increased by 8.4% while other international airlines aircraft movements increased by 12.3%. The decrease in the number of domestic passengers was mainly due to the termination of operations by Firefly to KLIA, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. There was not an equivalent replacement of capacity for the terminated flights.