CHINA (HONG KONG). Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) served just 71,000 passengers in January, down by -0.1% on a similarly depressed figure in January 2021.
Traffic represented just 1.09% of the pre-pandemic level recorded in January 2019, when the airport served 6.5 million passengers.
Tightened entry restrictions led to a decline in transfer/ transit passengers in January 2022 compared to the same month last year, while departure passengers to Southeast Asia and arrival passengers from the Mainland experienced the most significant increases during the month.
On a 12-month rolling basis, passenger volume fell by -57.6% to 1.4 million.
Green credentials recognised
In related news, Airport Authority Hong Kong won the Hong Kong Sustainability Award 2020/21 presented by the Hong Kong Management Association. The award aims to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability in the business community and recognise best practices.
The authority achieved distinctive results across key sustainability aspects such as management commitment and stakeholder engagement, environmental management measures and implementation, response to COVID-19, and corporate governance.
Airport Authority General Manager, Sustainability, Peter Lee said, “We are honoured to receive the award, which demonstrates our continuous efforts to drive sustainable growth at HKIA. We spare no effort to ensure that our airport operations and expansion works are performed at a level beyond environmental compliance.
“This is a collaborative achievement, as we could not do it without the support of the wider airport community. We will continue to work with our stakeholders to realise our goal of becoming one of the greenest airports in the world.”