Passenger numbers rise

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015
Passenger numbers rise

Airports of Thailand (AOT) saw increases of 21.9 per cent in the number of passengers to 106.79 million and 16.0 per cent in aircraft movements to 707,362 flights through its six international airports in its fiscal year ending September 30.

Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, president of the AOT, said Monday the number of international passengers climbed 19.8 per cent to 61.34 million and the number of domestic passengers increased 25.0 per cent to 45.45 million.
Of total flights, 365,321 were international and 342,041 domestic.
The six airports are Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai and Hat Yai.