Golden Week results to major increase in passengers, aircraft movements in Macau airport

The Golden Week vacation season, which lasted seven days from September 30 to October 6 resulted in a major rebound for Macau’s airport. A total of 975 aircraft movements and 116,343 people passed through the airport during this time. Comparing this to the same season in 2019, there has been a 66 percent increase in passenger volume and a 63 percent increase in aircraft movements.

From those numbers, 51 percent of passengers traveled on routes inside mainland China, 36 percent did so through Southeast Asian lines, and 13 percent used Taiwanese services. During this time, the airport handled 16,620 passengers per day on average, which was a little less than the 18,000 passengers per day pre-holiday forecast.

In the fourth quarter, additional flight routes will be available, according to Macau International Airport Co Ltd (CAM), the airport’s operator. In addition to extending its services to Southeast Asia and other overseas markets, it is trying to resume flights to many locations on the Chinese mainland. approximately 3.56 million incoming and outgoing travelers used the airport in the first nine months of the year, which is 49% less than the number of travelers it served during the same time period in 2019 when it served approximately 7.24 million travelers.

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Original story by: GGRAsia