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Singapore air passenger traffic reaches 31% of pre-COVID levels
April 20th 2022
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said Singapore’s Changi airport handled 400,000 air passengers in the week ending April 17, representing 31% of pre-COVID-19 levels and an 18% improvement from a month earlier. Read More » The growth in passenger traffic was recorded in the weeks after the government further eased requirements for international visitors. The CAAS statement said Singapore was "on track" to restoring 50% of pre-COVID-19 passenger volume in 2022. "We are seeing good air travel recovery and expect numbers to further increase, especially in the upcoming May Day-Hari Raya Puasa long weekend and the June school holiday season," CAAS director general, Han Kok Juan, said. “The CAAS is working with the airport operator, aviation companies and unions to ramp up operations and manpower to support the higher traveller volumes."
