Record single month passenger traffic for airport

Macau International Airport (MIA) experienced its busiest month ever in July 2016, processing over 600,000 passenger movements for the first time in the airport’s 21-year history, according to an announcement released by MIA.
The local airport says this is the highest single month of passenger traffic with average daily passenger volume of over 19,000, up some 20 per cent increase compared to last year.
There were over 4,900 aircraft movements in July, two per cent more than the same period last year. Southeast Asian routes continued to perform well in July, accounting for 43 per cent of the overall market, followed by Mainland China and China Taiwan, making up 30 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively. The three major markets recorded 36 per cent, 3 per cent, and 18 per cent increases respectively, vis-a-vis the same period last year.
As at the end of July 2016, MIA handled around 1,040 weekly scheduled flights with 30 airlines connecting Macau to 42 cities around the world. Meanwhile, South Korean home-based carrier T’Way Airlines resumed 5 weekly flights from Seoul to Macau effective 22nd July 2016. Palau Pacific Airway will launch charter flights between Palau and Macau this month.