While visitor numbers have bounced back by 70 percent, the airport only saw a touch over half its pre-pandemic passenger volume return in 2023.
Macao airport
Incidents of travellers being caught at Macao’s airport with large quantities of hard drugs are becoming worryingly common.
Just over half of passengers flew in or out of the mainland, and more than a third used Southeast Asian routes.
The no. 8 signal was hoisted for more than 14 hours yesterday as Typhoon Talim came close to the territory, but there were few reports of damage.
The city’s flag carrier is laying on additional services to Japan, South Korea, Thailand and elsewhere to meet vacation demand.
The carrier says there will be four flights a week from Macao to the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah state, beginning in July.
New figures released by the airline’s majority shareholder show that Macao’s flag carrier racked up cumulative losses of almost 2.9 billion patacas during the three-year pandemic.
Strong tourism recovery means the airport should be handling some 480 flights a week by the end of this month, aviation officials say.
Cargo volume rises 45.7 per cent year-on-year to 49,000 tonnes, a 15 per cent increase compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
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