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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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June 18, 2007
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Aviation
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Airport passenger traffic up 7.5%
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Airport Authority

Hong Kong International Airport saw a 7.5% rise in passenger throughput in May from a year earlier, to 3.81 million, the Airport Authority says.

 

Boosted by busy traffic, aircraft movements grew 6.5% year-on-year, to 24,760 flights over the month. Cargo throughput also grew 3.7% to 294,000 tonnes, resulting from a rebound in demand for export shipments.

 

Passenger throughput for the past 12 months grew 7.8%, to 45.6 million while cargo throughput rose 2.7% to 3.59 million tonnes. Aircraft movements rose 4.2%, to 285,000 flights.