Singapore's Changi Airport hits 50% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers ahead of year-end target

Travellers arrive from their flight at Changi International Airport in Singapore.The number of passengers that passed through Changi Airport in June exceeded half of pre-pandemic figures for the first time. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, July 31 (The Straits Times/ANN): The number of passengers that passed through Changi Airport in June exceeded half of pre-pandemic figures for the first time, meeting the 50 per cent year-end target that had been set for the industry earlier this year.

Some 2.9 million passengers departed, transferred or arrived on flights in Changi Airport in June, compared with 5.8 million in June 2019, according to latest figures released by the Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Sunday (July 31).