Sydney Airport handles 38.5m pax in 2014, China continues to be fastest growing market

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport reported (20-Jan-2015) a 0.8% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers to 3.4 million in Dec-2014. Domestic passengers increased 0.1% to 2.2 million and international passengers increased 2.3% to 1.3 million. CEO Kerrie Mather noted the strongest foreign nationality passenger growth came from China (+18.1%), Malaysia (+13.0%), the US (+3.9%), the Philippines (+27.1%), India (+8.0%) and Canada (+6.6%). She added: "Chinese nationality travellers were again Sydney's fastest and most consistently growing market, up 16.4% in 2014. Growth in Chinese travellers through Sydney Airport accounted for 50% of foreign nationality growth." In full year 2014, the airport handled 38.5 million passengers, an increase of 1.7%. [more - original PR]