Airport chief hopes flying a mix of passengers and cargo will be a new revenue stream, after facing up to unprecedented challenges in 2020.
Macao’s civil aviation chief said last week the local government expects to submit a number of reports next July to the central government to obtain the latter’s green light for land reclamation so that the local airport’s expansion project can get off the ground, such as an environmental assessment report and a water flow report.
Hong Kong confirms today another 69 coronavirus cases on Thursday and two fatalities.
The Macao government will roll out special measures to help Macao residents who are enrolled overseas to fly to the respective countries.
Commercial aircraft movements – take-offs and touch-downs – at the Macau International Airport dropped 94.2% year-on-year to just 350 in June, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSCE) has announced.
Macau International Airport has cancelled 5,220 flights and has only 20 daily flights scheduled to operate in May.
All air passengers – including Macau residents – must obtain a certificate confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19, before they are allowed to board their flight to Macau.
A large part of the Taipa Ferry Terminal will be converted into the Macau International Airport’s Terminal 2, which will be connected to the nearby airport complex through a fenced-off “restricted area” corridor in line with international aviation security rules.
Macau’s airport operator CAM said in a statement on Monday that it was “hit hard” by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year, admitting that its profitability prospects for this year are uncertain.
The Health Bureau urged arrivals to cooperate with anti-epidemic personnel at the city’s various border checkpoints.
from Tuesday to next Sunday, the Macau government will offer Macau residents who arrive at Hong Kong’s airport from Europe transport to Macau.
Macau’s airport recorded 115,676 passengers between January 24, Chinese New Year’s Eve, and January 28, the fourth day of the CNY, a 25% decline compared with the same CNY period of 2019.
The local airport expects 10.35 million passengers this year, which would be an increase of about 8% from last year.
Macau International Airport handled a record 9.6 million passengers last year, a year-on-year increase of 16%.
The local airport’s passenger volume is expected to reach 9.5 to 9.6 million this year, a 17% increase from last year.
Three new routes will be opened at the Macau International Airport between now and mid-December, in addition to the resumption of the Pattaya route in January.
Macau’s single runway airport handled a record 7.16 million passengers last year, a year-on-year increase of 8 percent, the facility’s operator MIA said.
Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) President Simon Chan Weng Hong said Monday that adjustments were needed for the local airport expansion project after central government officials reviewed it.
Macau Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday that the local government has requested the central government’s permission to reclaim land in the waters between the local airport’s two taxiways that link the runway and the apron.
Macau’s airport reported on Monday a record of 6.6 million passengers last year, with over 56,000 aircraft movements, representing a 14 per cent and 2 per cent year-on-year increase.
The Macau International Airport (MIA) set a new record in August as it reached over the 630,000-passenger traffic and the
The chairman of the executive committee of the Macau International Airport Company Ltd. (CAM), Dr Deng Jun, led a delegation
Local airport operator CAM repaid 86.39 million patacas to the government this year, as part of its repayment plan involving
