KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 —Malaysian Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) passenger traffic grew by 2.1 per cent to 6.72 million in May 2014 compared with 6.58 million in the same period last year.
In a statement today, MAHB said international traffic grew by four per cent and the domestic sector registered 0.5 per cent growth over the same period last year.
It said the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) passenger movements grew by one per cent in May 2014 over May 2013.
“International passenger traffic increased by 4.5 per cent and domestic passengers decreased by 6.6 per cent,” it said.
KLIA main terminal building traffic decreased by 7.9 per cent while klia2/LCCT grew by 11.1 per cent, it said.
MAHB said year-to-date up to May 2014, it has handled 34.1 million passenger movements registering 13.5 per cent growth over the same corresponding period in 2013.
KLIA, on the other hand, registered 20.3 million passengers with 11.6 per cent growth over the same period in 2013, it said.
MAHB said the reduced growth in the domestic movements was partly due to May 2013 record high traffic due to general election movements.
Moving forward, it said, recently World Bank has reduced the global gross domestic product growth forecast to 2.8 per cent from 3.2 per cent.
“This may have an impact on air travel as well,” he said.. — Bernama
