Another record month was seen in aircraft movements in August with cargo and passenger flights surging 20.2% and 10.3%, the Airport Authority says - the second consecutive month of record growth. Movements also grew 11.5% on the same month last year, to 22,915.

Strong export demand to Europe and North America continued to be the major driving force in air cargo tonnage, with the month's throughput reaching 281,000 tonnes, up 10.4% on last year.

Passenger traffic rose 7.2% to 3.759 million, mainly driven by increased visitor traffic from Taiwan, Southeast Asia and Australasia. There was also growing demand for transfer services on routes between Southeast Asia and North America, Australasia and Europe, as well as Southeast Asia and Europe.

For the past year the airport's passenger throughput totalled 39.841 million, cargo reached 3.299 million tonnes and aircraft movements hit 252,815.