Golden Week air traffic at 66% of pre-pandemic period

The seven-day holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day saw increased air traffic volumes, as Golden Week passengers surged to 116,343 and aircraft movements to 975.

Data from the Macau International Airport (MIA) shows the airport handled about 16,620 passengers and 139 flights per day on average during the seven consecutive days from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.

Compared with the Golden Week holiday to the same period in 2019, the overall number of passengers and aircraft movements have recovered about 66% and 63% respectively.

According to the data on the number of passengers during the seven-day Golden Week holidays in 2023, passengers of mainland China routes accounted for 51% of the total, 13% on China Taiwan routes, and 36% on Southeast Asia routes.

As for the fourth quarter, with the approach of the Christmas holiday period, MIA said it will actively add more routes.

Air Macau will launch regular flights between Macau and Indonesia at the end of October. Meanwhile, the airport is also actively assisting with the resumption of flights to various destinations to mainland China and expanding to the Southeast Asian and other international markets.

The airport also noted that it is aiming to provide local residents and tourists with more diversified and convenient travel options. Staff Reporter