Chiang Mai airport sees 40 per cent drop in passenger numbers
Passenger numbers at Chiang Mai International Airport are expected to plunge 40 per cent year on year to 3.5 million in the first six months of this year if the outbreak of Covid-19 drags on until the middle of the year, according to a senior airport official.
Chiang Mai airport deputy director Thananrat Prasertsri said late last week that flights to the airport during January 1 to February 25 dropped 24 per cent year on year to 190 flights and passenger numbers fell 40 per cent year on year to 22,000 daily.
Meanwhile, the airport is expanding service areas to improve its services.
In the last two years, the airport has catered to 11 million passengers against its capacity to serve 8 million per year.
Last year the airport served 220 daily flights carrying 11.34 million passengers in total.
