15-Jun-2011 2:49 PM
Airports of Thailand traffic soars in May-2011
Analysis
Airports of Thailand (AoT) reported passenger traffic rose 39.0% in May-2011, driven by strong increases at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Summary
- Passenger traffic at Airports of Thailand (AoT) increased by 39.0% in May 2011, with Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport driving the growth.
- AoT reported 5.0 million passengers in May 2011, a significant increase from the previous year.
- Aircraft movements also rose by 20.2% during the same period.
- However, air cargo volume experienced a slight decline of 1.6% in May 2011.
- Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport saw a 38.0% increase in passenger numbers, with both domestic and international segments showing strong growth.
- Despite the positive performance, AoT's shares only gained 0.7% on the stock market.
AoT's highlights for May-2011 were as follows:
- Passenger numbers: 5.0 million, +39.0%;
- Aircraft movements: 36,956, +20.2%;
- Air cargo: 116,850 tonnes, -1.6%;
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International reported the following traffic highlights in May-2011:
- Passenger numbers: 3,617,643, +38.0%;
- Domestic: 730,327, +16.9%;
- International: 2,887,316, +44.5%;
- Cargo volume: 111,132, -2.1%;
- Domestic: 4209, +23.5%;
- International: 106,923, -2.9%;
- Aircraft movements: 23,612, +13.2%;
- Domestic: 5928, +5.4%;
- International: 17,684, +16.1%.
AoT's shares gained 0.7% yesterday.
Selected Airports' daily share price movements (% change): 14-Jun-2011
