Hong Kong Int. Airport Handled 58,000 Passengers and 10,620 Flights in March 2021

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 58,000 passengers and 10,620 flights in March 2021, year-on-year decreases of 89.9% and 12.5%, respectively.

Passenger traffic decreased significantly compared to the same month last year in all categories, namely Hong Kong residents, visitors, and transfer/ transit passengers.

Cargo throughput, however, saw a year-on-year increase of 4.9% to 397,000 tonnes, mainly attributed to double-digit growth in imports.

Despite a decline in transshipments due to a shortage of belly capacity on passenger flights, the overall cargo throughput saw an increase during the month, most significantly in the traffic to and from the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Taiwan.

Over the first three months of the year, HKIA handled 176,000 passengers and 30,475 flights, representing year-on-year decreases of 97.8% and 51.9%, respectively. Cargo handled during the period rose 13% to 1.1 million tonnes.

On a 12-month rolling basis, passenger and cargo traffic fell 98.6% and 2.0% to 835,000 and 4.6 million tonnes, respectively. Aircraft movements dropped 66.2% to 127,760 over the period.

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