Overview
- Changi Airport Group, which released its latest statistics Friday, reported a 12-month passenger high of 70.4 million, up 2.9 percent year on year.
- Passenger movements reached about 17.6 million in the first quarter, a 2.3 percent rise from a year earlier driven by stronger demand to North Asia and Europe.
- Travel between Singapore and the Middle East fell about 80 percent in March after flight disruptions and cancellations linked to the regional conflict.
- Airlines added about 90 replacement flights in March to cities such as Frankfurt, London, Munich, Muscat, Paris, Perth and Sydney to absorb displaced demand.
- Changi broadened its network and freight options with new Scoot and Jetstar routes and a new Qantas Freight service, as cargo volumes rose 7.6 percent in Q1.