This marks the highest number of passenger movements for the first half of any year since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020
Changi Airport saw a significant recovery in the first half of 2024, handling 33.01 million passengers.
Airfreight movements at Changi also showed strong recovery, with 960,000 tonnes recorded for the first half of 2024, or 97.66% of the 983,000 tonnes moved during the same period in 2019. Aircraft movements, including landings and take-offs, reached 89,300 in the second quarter of this year. This is a 9.7% increase from the same period last year, according to CAG.
It was also the airport’s top market in February, March, and June 2024, with 3.7 million passenger movements in the first half of the year, which made up 11% of the total passenger traffic.
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