TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1989
RECORD TRAFFIC AT HONG KONG AIRPORT
15 YEARS HAS GIVEN
THE HIGHEST GROWTH RATE FOR RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS, AIRCRAFT AND FREIGHT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
DURING
RISE TO A AT THE HONG KONG
1988, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL PASSENGER MOVEMENTS MILLION, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY.
ROSE BY 20.6 PER CENT то 15.3 MILESTONE IN HONG KONG'S AVIATION
AUGUST WAS THE ALL TIME HIGH MONTH WITH A TOTAL OF 1.47 MILLION PASSENGERS PASSING THROUGH THE AIRPORT.
EACH INCREASE STAGE
IV
DURING TYPICAL BUSY HOUR CONDITIONS, 3,900 PASSENGERS (IN DIRECTION) USED THE PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING, WHICH IS AN
OVER THE OF 17 PER CENT
PREVIOUS YEAR, EXCEEDING THE TERMINAL DESIGN CAPACITY OF 3,400 PASSENGERS.
PER
CENT OVER
OF
CARGO VOLUME SURGED TO 694,000 TONNES, UP 13.7 1987. THE GREATEST GROWTH OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER WHEN 67,000 FREIGHT WAS HANDLED.
PER CENT TO
THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS INCREASED BY 18 OVER 87,000, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF OPERATIONS EVER RECORDED IN A YEAR.
MOVEMENTS ROSE FROM THE AIRCRAFT WERE
THE STANDARD BUSY HOUR RATE FOR AIRCRAFT 26 IN 1987 TO 29 IN 1988; AND OVER 80 PER CENT OF WIDE-BODIED.
MORE THAN 50 PER THE 12-MILLION MARK IN
SINCE 1986, PASSENGER TRAFFIC HAS GROWN BY CENT, BREAKING THE 10-MILLION MARK IN 1986, 1987 AND NOW THE 15-MILLION MARK IN 1988.
BY HONG KONG IS CURRENTLY SERVED
36 INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULED AIRLINES AND CONNECTED TO OVER 70 CITIES WORLDWIDE.
OPERATED THE LARGEST DURING THE YEAR, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS
BY CIVIL AVIATION PROPORTION OF FLIGHTS, TOTALLING 19,666, FOLLOWED ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA WHICH OPERATED JUST UNDER 15,000 FLIGHTS.
IN THE RECENTLY GROW WITH A LONG REACH A TOTAL OF 46
FOR AIR TRAFFIC WITH HONG KONG BEING A MAJOR CENTRE
GOVERNMENT
REPORT CONSULTANCY SOUTHEASTERN ASIA REGION, A FORECAST THAT PASSENGER TRAFFIC WOULD CONTINUE TO TERM GROWTH RATE OF 5.7 PER CENT PER ANNUM TO MILLION BY THE YEAR 2010.
CARGO MOVEMENTS ARE ALSO FORECAST TO 6.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM, REACHING 2.6 MILLION
TO COPE
INCREASE AT AN AVERAGE TONNES IN 2010.
DEMAND,
THE HONG
KONG
EVER-INCREASING
UNDERGONE MANY STAGES OF EXTENSIVE
WITH THE AIRPORT HAS IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSION WORK.
INTERNATIONAL
/IN DECEMBER ....