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Passenger numbers climbed 25.4 million at Malaysia’s largest airport in 2022
January 31st 2023
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) recorded 25.4 million passengers for calendar 2022, more than six times the 4 million passengers processed through its domestic and international terminals in the previous year, its owner, Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) has announced. Read More » The 2022 numbers were 41% of the pre-COVID-19 62.3 million passengers KLIA processed in calendar 2019, the last full year before the outbreak of the global pandemic. “The positive development in seat capacity filings provides optimism 2023 traffic is on course for a continuing recovery,” MAHB said in a regulatory filing to the Bursa Malaysia. “The return of Chinese travellers after the reopening of China’s borders is forecast to boost international traffic [in Malaysia].”
