Category: HKIA

When it comes to aviation, numbers tell a story of their own. The provisional civil international air traffic statistics for July 2022 at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) are no exception. With jaw-dropping percentage changes in passenger numbers, cargo handling, and flight movements, this month’s statistics raise eyebrows and invite closer examination.

Let’s take a deep dive into the numbers and analyze the remarkable trends in HKIA’s air traffic for July 2022.

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The civil international air traffic statistics at HKIA for June 2021 compared to 2020 were as follows:

• Passenger numbers were up 40.1% from 59.000 to 83.000
• Cargo tonnes handled were up 11.5% from 358.000 to 399.000
• Passenger flight movements were up 29.7% from 3716 to 4820
• Cargo flight movements were up 1.9% from 5914 to 6025
• Non-revenue flights were down 38.4% from 333 to 205
• Total air traffic movements were up 10.9% from 9963 to 11050

Traffic at Hong Kong International Airport was almost the same in December 2020 as it was in November the same year.

• The number of passengers was 90.000, up 9.000 from the month before, but down from 5.716.000 in December 2019
• The number of tonnes of cargo handled was 443.000, the same as in December 2019
• Flight movements were down 62.8% from 33.999 in 2019 to 12.650 in 2020, and the same as in November 2020.

The numbers for November 2020 seems to indicate an increase in traffic compared to previous months, although again way down compared to a year ago.

• Passenger numbers are down from 5.027.000 in 2019 to only 81.000 in 2020. That is up 2.000 from October
• Tonnes of cargo handled is 436.000, down 13.000 from the year before. Compared to October it is up 32.000
• Flight movements were 12.565, down 61.4% from 2019 when there were 32.528, but up over 15% from October, from 10.880.