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Singapore Changi Airport Reveals Positive H1 Results, With More Growth Projected Through 2024
05.08.2024 - 07:55 / breakingtravelnews.com
Singapore’s Changi Airport – the world’s most awarded airport with 680 awards to its name – has today released new figures for the first half of 2024, showcasing sustained post-Covid recovery. Changi Airport registered 33 million passenger movements from January to June 2024, representing 99.4% recovery in passenger numbers compared to the same period in 2019, and exceeding 2023 figures at 120%.
In the first half of 2024, passenger traffic between United Kingdom and Singapore has reached approximately 96% of pre-Covid levels, rendering the UK as Changi Airport’s largest market in Europe, with close to 800,000 passengers travelling to and from UK during this period.
In 1H 2024, North America continues to be the fastest growing region, registering a 40.8% increase year-on-year, and also exceeding pre-Covid levels. The airport’s top five markets for the first six months of the year were China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Thailand.
Changi has worked closely with airlines to expand connectivity to Southeast Asia and Oceania through Singapore from the UK. The newly launched Singapore Airlines Gatwick route to Changi means there are now 54 weekly services between Singapore and London, bringing one-way weekly seats between the two cities to close to 20,000, across British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Qantas. In addition to London, there are also five Singapore Airlines services to and from Manchester Airport every week.
Top connections for UK travellers through Singapore Changi Airport
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Post-Covid, Australia and New Zealand remain the most popular destinations for UK travellers connecting at Changi Airport, with Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland being the top five cities visited. Singapore is the most connected international gateway to Australia, with eight city links and over 220 weekly flights to Australia from Changi.
Outside of Oceania, the next favourite countries visited by UK travellers in 2023 via Singapore are in Southeast Asia, the top five of which are Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. Within these countries, UK travellers visited the cities of Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Phuket and Bangkok most last year. (See table below for top 10 countries and cities visited in 2023 excluding Australia and New Zealand.)
Top 10 Countries via SIN (ex-Oceania)
Top 10 Destinations via SIN (ex-Oceania)
Indonesia
Bali (Indonesia)
Thailand
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Malaysia
Manila (Philippines)
Philippines
Phuket (Thailand)
Vietnam
Bangkok (Thailand)
Cambodia
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Japan
Penang (Malaysia)
South Korea
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Hanoi (Vietnam)
Hong Kong SAR
Koh Samui (Thailand)
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