SINGAPORE, 30 July 2024: Singapore Changi Airport handled 16.5 million passenger movements from April to June 2024, an increase of 13.4% compared to a year ago.
This was 98.2% of passenger movements for the same period in 2019. Aircraft movements, including landings and takeoffs, totalled 89,300 for the quarter, up 9.7% year-on-year and 94.5% compared to the second quarter of 2019.
Changi Airport’s top five markets for the second quarter of 2024 were Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia, and India. China saw the highest growth among Changi’s top markets, with traffic doubling compared to last year and surpassing pre-Covid numbers. North Asia was the fastest-growing region for the period, registering a 40.8% increase year-on-year and exceeding pre-Covid levels.
From April to June 2024, Changi Airport registered 486,000 tonnes of airfreight throughput, surpassing the same period last year by 16%. Growth was registered across all cargo flows—exports, imports, and transhipments—led by strong cargo flows between Singapore and, China and the US. For this period, Changi’s top five air cargo markets[1] were Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, and the United States of America.
Changi Airport Group Executive Vice President for Air Hub and Cargo Development, Lim Ching Kiat said: “Changi Airport continues to expand its global network, adding more flights in the second quarter. Travellers can now explore more destinations with Changi’s connectivity to cities such as Broome, Brussels, Quanzhou and Vancouver, and enjoy more options to evergreen favourites like Tokyo and London. Together with our airline partners, we strive towards full travel recovery by the end of this year.”
As of 1 July, 94 airlines operate over 6,900 weekly flights at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to 158 cities in 50 countries and territories worldwide.
Changi welcomes flights
New and reinstated services: Changi Airport welcomed Shandong Airlines, which started three weekly services between Jinan and Singapore on 19 April, and Air Japan, which commenced five weekly services between Tokyo Narita Airport and Singapore on 26 April.
On 1 May, Emirates extended one of its four daily Dubai-Singapore services to Phnom Penh. Scoot’s new Embraer E190-E2 made its inaugural flight from Changi to Krabi and Hat Yai on 7 May. It will offer passengers more options within Southeast Asia, including new-to-airline city links to Samui Island in South Thailand and Sibu.
Singapore Airlines launched non-stop services between London Gatwick and Singapore on 22 June, adding five weekly flights to the existing 49 weekly services between Singapore and London Heathrow. Jetstar began twice-weekly seasonal flights to Broome in Western Australia on 25 June, enhancing Changi Airport’s position as the most connected international gateway to Australia.
Changi also resumed its link to Jieyang Chaoshan (China) with the launch of Spring Airlines’ four weekly services on 31 March and to Quanzhou (China) with the launch of Xiamen Airlines’ four weekly services on 24 June.
New restaurants and stores: In the second quarter, more than 20 new stores and F&B outlets opened or were refurbished at Changi’s four terminals. At Jewel Changi Airport, 15 new shops and restaurants were added to its line-up.
