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Hong Kong International Airport passenger numbers rise 27.8% in January
February 25th 2025
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) had 5.3 million passengers travelling through its terminals in January, up from 4.1 million passengers in the same month in 2024. Read More » HKIA’s busiest day last month was January 25, when it handled about 193,000 passengers, which Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) said represented a post-pandemic high. “In January 2025, all passenger segments, including Hong Kong residents, visitors and transfer/transit passengers, experienced double-digit year-on-year increases in comparison with the same month last year,” AAHK said. “Traffic to and from Southeast Asia, the Mainland and Japan recorded the most significant increases during the month.” Despite growing passenger numbers by more than a quarter in the first month of 2025, the figure for the 31 days was 81.5% of the pre-pandemic total of 6.5 million in January 2019.
