Beijing Airport reports 7.6% traffic increase; Korea Airports Corporation pax up 5.3%
China’s Beijing Airport (+1.2%) reported a 7.6% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers to 748,488, on the back of a 3.2% increase in aircraft movements to 5,523, during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival travel period, from 21-Sep-2010 to 24-Sep-2010.
Japan’s Tokyo Narita International Airport pax traffic up 7% - traffic highlights in Jul-2010:
- Passenger numbers: 3.0 million, +7.0%
- Domestic: 149,009, +37.0%;
- International: 2.9 million, +5.0%
- Aircraft movements: 16,899, +5.0%;
- Air cargo: 188,191 tonnes, +16%.
Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) (+1.5%) reports (27-Sep-2010) the following traffic highlights at South Korean airports in Aug-2010:
- Passenger numbers: 4.6 million, +5.3% year-on-year;
- Gimpo: 1.6 million, +6.3%;
- Gimhae: 749,483, +9.7%;
- Jeju: 1.6 million, +2.6%;
- Daegu: 117,510, +11.8%;
- Gwangju: 115,986, -7.9%;
- Muan: 11,515, +34.5%;
- Cheongju: 135,459, +18%;
- Yeosu: 51,970, +0.3%;
- Ulsan: 80,308, -0.2%;
- Jinju: 13,384, -18.7%;
- Pohang: 28,681, +7.4%;
- Gunsan: 17,654, +1%;
- Wonju: 7,224, -13.2%;
- Yangyang: 3,466, n/a.
See related CAPA profile: Traffic - Airports
Australia's unlisted Gold Coast Airport delivered a 30.5% return on its investment in the past financial year. Gold Coast Airport is Australia's sixth busiest with passenger numbers rising 12% over the previous financial year.
Other Asia Pacific airport operator shares that gained included Australian Infra Fund (+3.2%) and Airports of Thailand (+1.2%) while Malaysia Airports shares remained stable.
Selected airports daily share price movements (% change): 27-Sep-2010
