Traffic numbers at Hong Kong International Airport continues to drop

In August traffic numbers at HKIA dropped by 3.5% compared to August the year before, and the numbers for September has just been released.

Polar Boeing 747 landing at Hong Kong Airport.

The total traffic numbers at Hong Kong International Airport for September 2019 was 33.390, down 1% compared to September last year. This gives a daily average of 1.113 aircraft movements.

The passenger numbers were 4.834.000, down 12.7% from September last year.

The freight was 397.000 tonnes, down 6.2% from the year before.

As we can see, the aircraft numbers have not dropped as significantly as the month before, but the 12.7% drop in passenger numbers is severe. I have noticed a lot of operators are bringing in smaller aircraft than they used to, and frequency of some routes have dropped as well, and I am sure Cathay will be doing a lot of adjustments for their winter schedule to react to this – it will be very interesting to see if this trend will be continuing in the next few months.

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