Passenger traffic up 6% in ACI Asia-Pacific airports during November 2014

Preliminary passenger traffic results for the month of November 2014 released by ACI Asia-Pacific showed continued moderate growth from last year in Asia-Pacific airports +6.0% and Middle East airports +6.1%.
Majority of the airports in both Asia-Pacific and the Middle East reported positive growth for the month.

Bangkok Don Muang (DMK) topped the list recorded the highest growth rate (+48.8%) among all reporting airports. The growth was supported by vibrant growth in both domestic and international passenger traffic. In India, three airports generating high growth rate in excess of 20%: Cochin (COK) +26.9%, Hyderabad (HYD) +21.9%, and Bangalore (BLR) +20.2%. Growth in the Middle East continued to be led by the following airports reporting double digit growth: Abu Dhabi (AUH) +15.6%, Dubai World Central (DWC) +15.4%, Kuwait (KWI) +12.9%, and Doha (DOH) +11%.

In terms of freight traffic for the month, Asia-Pacific maintained a steady growth rate at +4.7% from last year. The Middle East continued to record high growth of +12.8% with Dubai World Central (DWC) +301.9% and Abu Dhabi (AUH) +13.8% leading the region. Among Asia-Pacific airports, Kuala Lumpur (KUL) +27.5% reported the highest growth in excess of 25%.

For the year to end of November, passenger traffic in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East recorded a year-on-year increase of +5.0% and +8.6% respectively. Year-to-date growth in freight volume was +5.7% for the Asia-Pacific and +12.4% for the Middle East.

Source: http://goo.gl/P2kdFr