Hong Kong, Changi lose status as Asia's busiest airports amid Covid-19 travel curbs


Changi Airport handled 11.8 million passengers last year. - ST

SEOUL (Bloomberg): Hong Kong no longer has the busiest airport for international traffic in Asia after the coronavirus pandemic wiped out travel, leaving South Korea's Incheon International Airport in top spot, albeit with drastically fewer numbers than previous years.

Hong Kong International Airport handled 8.84 million passengers in 2020, an 88 per cent plunge from the previous year. That sent it down two spots to third, below Seoul's Incheon and Singapore's Changi Airport in second.

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