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China’s Wuhan Airport reported (09-Aug-2012) a 2.5% year-on-year increase in cargo volume to 9137 tonnes and a 15.8% increase in aircraft movements to 11,500 in Jul-2012, according to CAAC Central and Southern Regional Administration. As previously reported, the airport also reported passenger numbers increased 15% year-on-year to a record 1.2 million in Jul-2012. International passengers increased 91.1% also to a record of 72,500.
China-Japan traffic bottoms out but faces massive challenge; Spring Airlines to launch new routes
Several political actions sparked extreme anti-Japan sentiment in Sep-2012 that saw the air traffic market between the two nations lose nine years of growth as 31%, or 175,000 monthly seats, were taken out of the market. The situation lasted longer and more profoundly than airlines initially expected as they planned for about half of the lost market to rebound by the end of 2012.
Instead, that may not occur until the middle of 2013 at the earliest. Since capacity fell in Nov-2012, the market has regained 1ppt of the lost traffic, indicating a likely bottoming out. Yet further effects have expanded beyond mainland China, slightly impacting Hong Kong-Japan traffic as well.
So it is all the more significant that China's only LCC, Spring Airlines, is planning a fairly aggressive growth campaign for mid-2013 between China and Japan, opening new cities on either end, including the under-served secondary cities that have much growth to be unlocked.
Indian Aviation in 2013/14 Part 3: Global operators bid for Chennai and Kolkata airport management
This is the third in a four-part series of extracts from the full 200+ page India Aviation Outlook Report for 2013/14. The first extract looked at the changing dynamics of the airline sector on domestic and international routes, while the second examined the policy vacuum that persists in India and the impact this has on the viability and development of the sector.
This third part addresses key issues in airport and airspace infrastructure, in particular the AAI's challenges in offering management contracts for two of India's major airports and the prospects for regional hub operations - or not.
The next and final extract will consider this year’s outlook for traffic, capacity, yields and airline profitability.