Chinese boost to Akld airport numbers

Chinese boost to Akld airport numbers

International passenger numbers through New Zealand’s busiest gateway, Auckland International Airport, has risen 5.4 per cent with the later timing of Chinese New Year leading to a surge in travellers from China.

There were 726,529 international arrivals and departures in February, including transits, up from 689,063 a year earlier, the airport company said in its monthly traffic update.

Domestic passenger numbers rose 3.3 per cent to 590,524.

Arrivals from China soared 85 per cent to 48,901, overtaking the UK as the third-largest source after Kiwis travelling across the border and Australians.

The number of New Zealanders slipped 1.5 per cent to 112,928 and Australians fell 3.6 per cent to 65,017.

Visitors from the US rose 5.3 per cent to 26,121 while those from the UK fell 2.2 per cent to 24,642.

Chinese New Year fell in February in 2015 and January in 2014.

The company’s 24.9 per cent-owned Queenstown Airport Corp had a 38 per cent increase in international passengers to 30,382 and a 5.1 per cent gain in domestic passengers to 92,357.

Its quarter-owned North Queensland Airports Group reported a 9.7 per cent drop in domestic passengers to 66,396 at Mackay airport, while at Cairns airport, international passengers rose 8.3 per cent to 56,468 and domestic rose 8.6 per cent to 293,285.

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