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Changi Airport handled 37.7 million passengers in 2009, 1.3% less than in 2008. Tourist arrivals dropped 4.3 per cent to 9.7 million people in 2009.
Things seem to have come one full circle now. "Singapore Tourism Board Chief Executive Aw Kah Peng told a conference on Friday that the STB is targetting a 20-30 per cent rise in visitor arrivals to 11.5-12.5 million this year"*
What this translates to is that Changi Airport will see its traffic increase to 43.3 million passengers (37.7m + (2.8m X 2**) (upper estimate) or 41.3 million (37.7m + 1.8m X 2) (lower estimate).
Of course, this assumes that all increases in tourist arrivals are via Changi Airport (and not through port, rail). STB, I believe does not include arrivals through the Causeways.
This figures do not include the trend of year-on-year airport traffic growth (barring the anomaly of 2009 figures), growth in transit passengers traffic, as well as the upward trajectory growth of LCCs. Growth from this could offset the deductions in calculations stemming from tourist arrivals from port, rail figures.
Essentially what this means, barring another recession or any other bad news, is that Changi Airport will join the list of only 18 airports worldwide that have ever consistently handled 40m passengers and above annually.
*http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_498268.html
** Assuming each passenger is handled twice at Changi Airport - during arrival and at departure.
Things seem to have come one full circle now. "Singapore Tourism Board Chief Executive Aw Kah Peng told a conference on Friday that the STB is targetting a 20-30 per cent rise in visitor arrivals to 11.5-12.5 million this year"*
What this translates to is that Changi Airport will see its traffic increase to 43.3 million passengers (37.7m + (2.8m X 2**) (upper estimate) or 41.3 million (37.7m + 1.8m X 2) (lower estimate).
Of course, this assumes that all increases in tourist arrivals are via Changi Airport (and not through port, rail). STB, I believe does not include arrivals through the Causeways.
This figures do not include the trend of year-on-year airport traffic growth (barring the anomaly of 2009 figures), growth in transit passengers traffic, as well as the upward trajectory growth of LCCs. Growth from this could offset the deductions in calculations stemming from tourist arrivals from port, rail figures.
Essentially what this means, barring another recession or any other bad news, is that Changi Airport will join the list of only 18 airports worldwide that have ever consistently handled 40m passengers and above annually.
*http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_498268.html
** Assuming each passenger is handled twice at Changi Airport - during arrival and at departure.
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