The FINANCIAL — Singapore Changi Airport achieved a second month of double-digit growth in passenger movements in February 2016, with traffic rising 11.7% to 4.60 million. Aircraft movements were 7.7% higher with 28,520 landings and takeoffs, while cargo shipments were maintained at 135,900 tonnes, compared to the same period last year.
Passenger traffic growth for the month was broad-based with traffic to South East Asia, North East Asia, the Middle East and Europe all increasing by at least 10%. Following the addition of more flights to and from Chinese cities for the Lunar New Year holidays, passenger traffic between Singapore and China rose 13% in February to more than half a million passengers. China was Changi Airport’s second largest source market for the month after Indonesia and ahead of Malaysia, Thailand and Australia, according to Singapore Changi Airport.
As at 1 March 2016, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 330 cities in about 80 countries and territories worldwide. With more than 6,800 weekly scheduled flights, an aircraft takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every 90 seconds.
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