Singapore's Changi Airport has come full circle as passenger movements in 2024 returned to near pre-pandemic levels, Changi Airport Group (CAG) said in a press release on Wednesday (Jan 22). The airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024 - that's 99.1 per cent of the passenger movements recorded in 2019, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Changi Airport's passenger movements in 2024 have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels with expectations of exceeding them this year, according to Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat.Singapore's Changi Airport has come full circle as passenger movements in 2024 returned to near pre-pandemic levels, Changi Airport Group said in a press release on Wednesday .
Visitor arrivals to Singapore had previously dropped to 2.7 million in 2020 - the lowest in nearly four decades - due to unprecedented global travel restrictions and border closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, reported The Straits Times in 2021.Amid the 366,000 flights taking off or landing in Singapore last year, eight new passenger airlines - Aero Dili, AirAsia Cambodia, Air Canada, Air Japan, Loong Air, Peach Aviation, Tianjin Airlines and West Air - were added last year.
More destinations are to come online this year including Labuan Bajo from March, and Vienna from June, according to the group. "The strong recovery of our air hub is only possible through the strong commitment and contributions of our aviation workers and airline partners," Minister Chee said.Changi Airport ranked 4th busiest
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