PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) reported 12.7 million passenger movements across its network of airports in August, representing a 7.5% year-on-yearincrease from the same month of the previous year.
“The 12.7million passenger movements was the highest handled for a month to-date and the 7.5% growth recorded for August was also the highest increase recorded to-date for this year,” the airport operator said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia today.
MAHB noted that the international passenger movement rose 7% yoy to 6 million, while domestic passenger movement grew 7.9% to 6.6 million.
Meanwhile, airports in Malaysia registered 9.2 million passenger movements in August 2019, a 9.2% growth over August 2018. International and domestic sectors recorded 4.6 million and 4.7 million passengers with 4.0% and 14.8% expansion respectively.
Overall, aircraft movements increased 4.5% with international and domestic aircraft movements registered an increase of 4.9% and 4.3% respectively over August 2018.
