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Thailand’s passenger airports mirror region’s collapse in air travel
March 26th 2021
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport handled 419,710 passengers in February, down 89.2% from 3.9 million 12 months earlier, figures from Airports of Thailand (AoT) showed. Read More » In contrast to the year-on-year decline, the February figures were up 36%, from 308,505 domestic, international and transit passengers in January 2021. AoT said aircraft movements at Suvarnabhumi declined 68.5%, to 8,326 in February, from 26,424 in the same month last year.
It was a similar story at Bangkok Don Mueang Airport. AoT said the airport processed 504,557 passengers in February, down 81% from 2.7 million a year ago, but up 29.4%, from 389,855, in January.
