Decline In Number Of Passengers, Cargo In Senai Airport
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JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 7 (Bernama) -- The number of passengers using the Senai Airport for the first nine months of this year has declined by 10.5 percent compared with the number registered in the same period of 2004.
In its Economic Report 2005/2006 released here Wednesday, the State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN) said that during the period reviewed, the Senai Airport received 928,623 passengers compared with 1.037 million passengers in 2004.
The airport is managed by Senai Airport Terminal Services (SATS).
UPEN said that SATS had reported that the decline in the number of passengers were caused by several factors, one of them being Air Asia stopping some its international flights.
The rise in travel fares following the hike in oil price had also contributed to the decline in both domestic and foreign passenger traffic.
UPEN said that the majority of international travellers in the airport comprised passengers travelling on China Airline which operates a weekly service to the airport.
It said that the flow of passengers in Senai for the third quarter of this year had declined by 15.3 percent to 297,069 compared with 350,535 in the previous year's corresponding quarter.
The total number of passengers in Senai for the third quarter period was also a reduction of 4.1 percent compared with 309,745 recorded in the second quarter of this year.
However, UPEN said that SATS was confident of a recovery in passenger traffic at the airport for the fourth quarter and had projected 304,716 passengers for the final quarter.
As for cargo, the airport had reported a 10 percent decline in total cargoes handled for the first nine months of this year at 5,608,042 kg compared with 6,232,082 kg handled in the same period of last year.
It has projected total cargoes to be handled this year at 7,573,843 kg.
On ports in the state, UPEN said that for the first nine months of this year, Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) had registered a 5.1 percent increase in the handling of cargoes at 3.18 million TEUs from a total of 3.126 TEUs handled in the same period of last year.
Pasir Gudang port also saw an increase in the handling of cargoes at 21.64 million tonnes or a 1.5 percent rise compared with the same period of last year.
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Why their "Malaysia Boleh" also inside this article?
Yes PTP reg is 0.06million TEU growth, but that means only 1.9% increase based on 2004's y-y 3.12M volume