KUALA LUMPUR, 21 July 2023 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s network of airports Group registered over 10 million passengers in June 2023, the highest since the global shutdown in March 2020.
Malaysia Airports, in a statement today said its network of airports in Malaysia and Turkey continued to showcase consistent passenger growth by recording a new high of 4.9 million total international passenger movements for June 2023, an increase of 7.1% from the preceding month.
Meanwhile, total domestic passenger movements maintained above the 5.0 million mark for the second consecutive month in June 2023 at 5.3 million.
On the whole, for the first half of 2023, the group recorded 56.1 million passenger movements, reaching 82% of 2019 pre-pandemic levels over the same corresponding period.
Managing director of Malaysia Airports Dato’ Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said the group’s network of airports are progressing in tandem with the gradual global and regional traffic recovery.
“For example, the total passenger movements for the first half of 2023 for airports in Malaysia recorded 38.9 million passengers as international traffic gained ground supported by positive developments, while the domestic sector continued to lead traffic recovery momentum.
The recommencement of 45 airlines and the commencement of two new airlines namely, T’way Air and TransNusa boosted total airlines seat capacity recovery to 75% at 50.5 million in the first half of 2023compared to the first half of 2019 at 67.3 million,” he said.
In addition, the total average load factor for the first half of 2023 exceeded first half of 2019 by 1.2 percentage points registering at 76.1%, with a higher average load factor recorded each month during the first half of 2023 except for the month of Ramadhan, providing optimism for further growth in seat capacity towards the path of traffic recover, he said.
For June 2023, operations in Malaysia recorded close to seven million passengers movements, increasing by two per cent from the preceding month.
According to Malaysia Airports, international passenger movements in Malaysia for the first time recorded more than three million passengers at 3.2 million, which was also an increase by seven percent when compared to May 2023.
Malaysia Airports said the traffic momentum for the domestic passenger movements continues to record above the three million mark since December 2022. Malaysia’s performance continued to contribute to nearly 70% of the group’s total global passenger movements at 10.2 million passengers last month.
Meanwhile, in Türkiye, Istanbul Sabiha GökçenInternational Airport (SAW) reached a significant milestone, recording the highest total passenger movements since March 2020 with 3.3 million passengers for June 2023 and has completely restored to 2019 pre-pandemic levels with a growth of 4.4% in June and 1.5% for 1H2023 respectively.
“June 2023 also saw SAW recording another new high for International passenger movements at 1.7 million passengers, while domestic passenger movements registered 1.6 million passengers, an increase of 7.2% and 3.7% respectively from the preceding month,” it added.
– Akses Malaysia