HONG KONG, March 26 (Xinhua) — The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) mentioned on Sunday that passenger visitors on the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered round 2.1 million final month, marking a year-on-year surge of round 24 instances.
In February, cargo quantity and flight actions noticed year-on-year will increase of 6.7 p.c and 95.7 p.c to 290,000 tons and 16,305, respectively.
Due to the comfort of journey restrictions, all passenger segments skilled important growths, notably Hong Kong residents, in comparison with the identical month final yr, in response to the AAHK.
Traffic to and from Southeast Asia and Japan recorded essentially the most important will increase, it mentioned.
Global financial uncertainties continued to have an effect on cargo quantity, the AAHK mentioned, including that the year-on-year improve in cargo quantity final month was primarily attributed to a low base for comparability with that of February 2022.
Transshipments and exports rose 46 p.c and three p.c year-on-year respectively, and the Middle East, the Chinese mainland and North America noticed essentially the most important development by way of cargo quantity.
The AAHK mentioned direct flights between the HKIA and the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport resumed on Sunday, with three each day flights to Hongqiao initially.
Flight actions and passenger quantity have been going up as flights on extra routes continued to renew in latest months, it mentioned.