Airport recorded 3.32 million departing seats as of September, a 7.5 pct increase compared to same period last year

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Malaysia’s aviation passenger traffic is now forecast to recover to 94 per cent this year, a sharp increase from the modest four per cent growth initially projected, MIDF Research said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) April 2024 traffic expanded by 7.6 per cent to 11 million passengers compared to the preceding month's 10.2 million passengers movement.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has revised upwards its forecast for passenger traffic to between 84.5 million and 86.5 million for 2023, surpassing earlier projections.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — The total global traffic for air travel in July 2023, measured in revenue passenger kilometres rose 26.2 per cent year-on-year, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Malaysia’s air passenger traffic grew 123.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 19.4 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q 2023), said the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 – Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network of airports sustained above nine million passenger movements for April 2023 despite the Ramadan period.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has embarked on a transformation exercise involving service delivery and infrastructure for its network of airports in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Capital A Bhd registered strong passenger traffic of 13.2 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (1Q FY2023), representing a 153 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), and 11 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) growth respectively, due to increased operating aircraft and robust travel demand.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia's passenger traffic across all local network of airports operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) gained momentum in 2022, registering a substantial increase to 52.7 million passenger movements compared with 10.72 million passenger movements in 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) passenger movements for its network of airports stood at 7.8 million passengers in July 2022, equivalent to 62.2 per cent of its pre-pandemic levels.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Global passenger traffic results for 2021 showed that demand (revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) fell by 58.4 per cent compared to the full year of 2019, which is an improvement compared to 2020, when full-year RPKs were down 65.8 per cent versus 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that both international and domestic travel demand showed significant momentum in July 2021 compared to June, but demand remained far below pre-pandemic levels.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has revised its 2021 passenger traffic forecast downwards, expecting a contraction of between 77.0 per cent and 80.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), equivalent to between 5.3 million and 6.1 million passengers.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been named as one of the world’s top 10 airports in the global Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey by Airports Council International (ACI) for the category of over 40 million passengers per annum in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Total passenger numbers at Malaysian airports increased more than three-fold to 1.3 million with aircraft movements doubling to 22,600 in July 2020, according to Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Passenger traffic is expected to decrease between 48.7 per cent and 50.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to between 54.3 million and 56.0 million passengers this year, said the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom).