Changi air passenger traffic up 4% in July

Some 4.54 million passengers went through Singapore Changi Airport in July 2013, a four per cent increase compared to a year ago.

Air traffic movements in July also grew by 6.9 per cent, with 29,000 landings and take-offs recorded at Changi.

Changi Airport Group said airfreight movements increased by 1.1 per cent on-year, with 160,000 tonnes of cargo passing through Changi Airport in July.

From January to July 2013, 30.8 million passenger movements were recorded, a 4.9 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2012.

Aircraft movements also increased by 4.9 per cent to 196,000.

Airfreight shipments grew 1.3 per cent to 1.1 million tonnes for the same period.

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