Operating indicators for Singapore Changi Airport May-2010

Changi handled almost 3.39 million passenger movements during the month, a 21.6% increase compared to May 2009. This takes the total number of passenger movements for the first five months of the year to more than 16.6 million, an increase of 16.7% year-on-year.

The increase in passenger traffic was partly driven by the Vesak Day long weekend and the beginning of the mid-year school holidays at the end of May. Growth was broad based with all regions enjoying higher traffic compared to May 2009. North America registered the strongest year-on-year growth of 43%, followed by traffic to Northeast Asia (34%). Southeast Asia and South Asia also performed well, registering growth of more than 20%. Full service carriers accounted for 60% of the increase in passenger traffic.

Airlines that added or started new services in May 2010 included Indonesia AirAsia (to Jakarta and Bali), Jetstar Asia (to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh and Penang), Silkair (to Bangalore) and Singapore Airlines (to Hong Kong).

On the airfreight front, cargo movements in May totalled 153,098, an increase of 14.7%. For the Jan-May period, airfreight movements were up 17.3% to 728,794 tonnes.

Aircraft movements rose 12.4%, taking the number for May to 22,151. This brings the total for the five months to 106,177, up 9.6%.

As at 1 June 2010, Changi Airport served 88 airlines operating 5,070 weekly scheduled flights to more than 200 cities in some 60 countries and territories.