Air Macau transported nearly 3.3 million passengers in 2018

Air Macau transported 40 percent of the 8.26 million passengers that traveled to the region using the Macau International Airport (MIA) last year, Macau International Airport Co. Ltd. (CAM) announced in a statement this week.

According to the firm, Air Macau has continued to increase the frequency of flights on regional routes to the mainland and Japan, having added passenger travel time options.

The south extension of the MIA Terminal Building will commence construction in the first quarter of this year and CAM is expecting that the capacity of the terminal will reach 10 million passengers per year after completion in 2020.

In order to improve passengers’ check-in efficiency in the airport, Air Macau and CAM have reached a consensus to upgrade e-commerce and online check-in functions, and to study process time control schemes to cater to current travel habits.

For 2019, the airport management pledged to continue expanding in terms of passenger numbers and facilities, such as fully developing long-haul routes, and aimed to change the current passenger market structure.

The airport achieved a new record for passenger traffic in 2018, registering 8.26 million arriving and departing passengers, 15 percent more than 2017.  The infrastructure handled over 65,000 aircraft movements, representing an increase of 12 percent from 2017.

There are currently 27 airlines operating at MIA, connecting Macau to 51 destinations.

Among them, the passenger traffic from mainland China, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia routes account for 37 percent and 41 percent of the total passenger volume of the airport.

In 2018, the airport added ten new international routes.