Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport pax up 1% in Jun-2014; 18.6m pax in 1H2014 led by Chinese pax

Australia's Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport passenger numbers up 1% - traffic highlights:

• Jun-2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 3.0 million, +1.1% year-on-year;
  • • Domestic: 1.9 million, +1.0%;
    • International: 1.0 million, +1.3%;
• 1H2014:
• • Passenger numbers: 18.6 million, +2.3%;
  • • Domestic: 12.2 million, +1.2%;
    • International: 6.4 million, +4.7. [more - original PR]

Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather said (18-Jul-2014) international traffic during Jun-2014 was again driven by strong Chinese passenger growth (+13.1%), adding the Chinese market also contributed the largest number of incremental passengers, followed by Malaysian and Indian markets. Load factors amongst Asian carriers also improved, with notable increases from Cathay Pacific and Sichuan Airlines.