Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport pax up 8% in Jan-2016

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport passenger numbers up 8% - traffic highlights for Jan-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 3.7 million, +7.5% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 2.2 million, +6.3%;
  • International: 1.4 million, +9.6%. [more - original PR]

Sydney Airport: "A number of exciting records were set in January 2016: the highest international passenger growth since June 2004; January 3 was our busiest day ever in our international terminal serving more than 53,300 passengers; and January 22 was our busiest domestic terminals day serving more than 90,000 passengers. Asian market growth led the international result, with China the standout market growing 38.9%. Early Lunar New Year has underpinned our demand this month, in addition to capacity increases from new and existing carriers. Broad foreign nationality demand growth continues (+9.5%), with USA (+15.1%), Korean (+13.9%), Japanese (+11.9%) and Indian (+11.8%) nationalities also performing well," Kerrie Mather, MD and CEO.