GGRAsia – Macao Airport handles 4 mln passengers in 1H, up 20pct

<img src = "http://www.GGRAsia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Macau-Airport-8_WEB.jpg" alt = "The Macau International Airport has hosted 4 million passengers in the first half of 2018, up 20% over the same period of the previous year, said the airport operator, Macao International Airport Co Ltd. L & 39; airport operator said that passenger traffic in the six months preceding June 30 was boosted by three "major markets": mainland China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, which recorded an annual growth of, respectively, 37%, 4% and 16%

In June, the Macau airport welcomed more than 660,000 passengers, an increase of 19% year-over-year The growth of last month is mainly due to the increase in the number of visitors to and from Mainland China and South-East Asia, CAM said in its Thursday publication

. Half of 2018 "with new airlines launch routes to and from Macau." In a January press release, CAM said that it expects the airport to million passengers in 2018.

The Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is expected to launch this month "two weekly flights" from Macau to Sanya, according to the publication CAM Cambodia Airways should also establish in July regular flights of Macao in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, the statement added.

In the first half of 2018, three new airlines began flying to Macau, including: the Royal Air Charter Service, registered in the Philippines, the Lithuanian charter carrier Small Planet Airlines and the Russian company Royal Flight Airlines have launched routes to Macau Royal Flight Airlines launched a weekly flight service between Macau and Moscow, noted the operator of the airport.