Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport pax up 3% in Oct-2013

Australia's Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport passenger numbers up 3% - traffic highlights for Oct-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 3.4 million, +2.7% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 2.3 million, +2.5%;
  • International: 1.1 million, +3.3%. [more - original PR]

For international traffic, the major nationality markets that grew included Australia (+2.4%), India (+19.1%), France (+19.1%), Singapore (+13.6%), Canada (+9.6%), the US (+8.1%), Hong Kong (+5.7%), Korea (+4.8%), Malaysia (+4.2%), China (+2.8%) and Japan (+2.0%). Germany (-2.5%) and UK (-1.5%) were the major nationality markets that declined during the month.