National air passenger traffic expected to reach 49 million by end of 2022

SEPANG: Malaysia is expected to register air passenger traffic of between 32.6 million and 49 million by the end of the year following positive growth in the first five months of this year, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

He said the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) statistics showed that the country's total air passenger traffic had increased by 574.6% in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2021, reaching approximately 16.3 million passengers.