Tuesday 25 October 2011

KLIA Q3 passenger traffic up 10.4pc

KUALA LUMPUR: Passenger traffic at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) increased by 10.4 per cent to 9.54 million passengers in the third quarter of 2011 from 8.64 million passengers in the same period last year.

Of the total, 6.69 million were international passengers and 2.85 million were domestic passengers, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia today.

It said that passenger movements at other airports under its management saw a 11.3 per cent increase to 6.6 million passengers in the third quarter this year from 5.93 million passengers previously.

MAHB said cargo movements at KLIA went down 0.6 per cent to 170.84 million kg from 171.94 million kg previously.

For the other airports, cargo movements decreased 8.9 per cent to 57.48 million kg from 63.11 million kg previously, it said.

The airport operator said KLIA's aircraft movements rose by 10.7 per cent to 68,040 in the third quarter of 2011 from 61,461 in the same quarter last year.

For the other airports, aircraft movements rose by 8.1 per cent to 91,152 compared with 84,307 previously, it added. - BERNAMA
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