MAHB managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said international traffic in Malaysia was improving, and this could be seen from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s performance last month.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd
(MAHB)’s total domestic passenger movements increased by over six times year-on-year to 20.25 million passengers in the first half (1H) of this year.
In a statement yesterday, the airport operator said the active resumption of foreign carriers and international routes had contributed to the encouraging performance.
In June, Malaysia’s total passenger traffic movements came in at 4.54 million passengers, making up 63% of the group’s total passenger movements of 7.21 million, which included Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport.
Malaysia recorded 1.29 million international traffic passengers while the domestic traffic was 3.24 million passengers.
MAHB managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said international traffic in Malaysia was improving, and this could be seen from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s performance last month.
“The total international traffic surpassed the one million passenger mark for the first time since the pandemic. It recorded 1.09 million international passengers which was a 21% increase from May. Other international airports in our local network have also recorded increased passenger volumes of between 35% and 66% in June compared with the preceding month,” he said.
He added the group was confident that this would continue to improve further with the resumption of more airlines operating at its airports.
MAHB is one of the world’s largest airport operator groups in terms of number of passengers handled. It manages and operates 39 airports in Malaysia and one international airport in Istanbul, Turkiye.
The group’s Turkyish operations remained consistent as it recorded a total of 2.68 million passenger movements, an increase of 3% from May, the statement said.
