Malaysia Airports’ international traffic up 52% prior to border reopening

KUALA LUMPUR, 21st April — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) network of airports nationwide have witnessed a 52% increase in international traffic in March compared to the preceding month.

吉隆坡，4 月 21 日 — 马来西亚机场控股有限公司 (MAHB) 全国机场网络在 3 月份的国际客运量与上个月相比增长了 52%。

In a statement, it said the increase recorded by the 420,000 international passenger movements was due to the implementation of various Vaccinated Travel Lane programmes between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket and Phnom Penh as well as between Penang and Singapore.

它在一份声明中表示，420,000 名国际乘客的增长记录是由于吉隆坡和新加坡、曼谷、普吉岛和金边之间以及槟城和新加坡之间的各种疫苗接种旅行路线计划的实施。

KL International Airport also welcomed a new international airline, Air India Express on 28th March that serves a three-time weekly flight from Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu, India. 

吉隆坡国际机场还于 3 月 28 日迎来了一家新的国际航空公司——印度航空公司，该航空公司每周三班从印度泰米尔纳德邦的蒂鲁吉拉伯利国际机场起飞。

It is the only foreign carrier with a scheduled service between Tiruchirappalli and Kuala Lumpur, said MAHB.

MAHB 表示，它是唯一一家在蒂鲁吉拉伯利和吉隆坡之间提供定期服务的外国航空公司。

Meanwhile, partner airlines also continued to resume more international routes such as Malaysia Airlines (MH) and Malindo Air flying to Perth upon reopening of the Australian borders on 3rd March. 

与此同时，合作伙伴航空公司也在 3 月 3 日澳大利亚边境重新开放后继续恢复更多国际航线，如马来西亚航空公司 (MH) 和马印航空公司飞往珀斯的航班。

MH resumed flights to five cities in India in March as well, operating to New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.

MH 也于 3 月恢复了飞往印度五个城市的航班，飞往新德里、班加罗尔、孟买、钦奈和海得拉巴。

“We continue to be encouraged by the gradual increase in international passenger movements at our local airports with the reopening of borders on 1st April,” said MAHB’s managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood. 

“随着 4 月 1 日边境的重新开放，我们当地机场的国际旅客流动逐渐增加，我们继续受到鼓舞，”MAHB 董事总经理拿督Iskandar Mizal Mahmood说。

“Since then, we have been recording a daily average of 20,000 international movements. We are expecting a further increase to this number once Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI) begins to receive international passengers this month.”

“从那时起，我们每天平均记录 20,000 次国际动向。一旦亚庇国际机场（BKI）本月开始接待国际旅客，我们预计这一数字将进一步增加。”

Prior to the pandemic, he noted that BKI was its third busiest airport for international traffic with an average of 8,460 international passenger movements per day. 

他指出，在大流行之前，BKI 是其第三大最繁忙的国际交通机场，平均每天有 8,460 名国际旅客流动。

Last month, the group recorded a total of 5.31 million passenger movements with its local airports in Malaysia serving the majority of 57% or 3.03 million passengers. 

上个月，该集团共记录了 531 万乘客流动，其马来西亚当地机场为 57% 或 303 万乘客提供服务。

Its Turkish asset Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport served a total of 2.29 million passengers with 1.15 million international and 1.14 million domestic passengers respectively. 

其土耳其资产伊斯坦布尔萨比哈格克琴国际机场为 229 万乘客提供服务，分别为 115 万国际和 114 万国内乘客。

For Malaysia, the overall passenger movements increased by 19% in March from February. 

就马来西亚而言，3 月份的整体客运量较 2 月份增加了 19%。

Its domestic passenger traffic movements also increased by 15% at 2.61 million passengers from the previous month. 

其国内客运量也比上月增加了 15%，达到 261 万人次。

“With air travel on the rise, Malaysia Airports remains committed in providing a safe and seamless experience to all passengers who pass through our airports,” he added.

“随着航空旅行的增加，马来西亚机场仍然致力于为所有通过我们机场的乘客提供安全和无缝的体验，”他补充说。