SINGAPORE, 2 May 2014: Changi Airport Group (CAG) recognised its top airline partners at its 9th Changi Airline Awards held at Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore, 29 April.
A total of 24 awards were presented to airlines across six categories, namely top airlines by cargo growth, top airlines by region and by growth in passengers carried, top airlines by passenger and cargo and the best airline marketing and partner of the year award.
Partner of the year award was presented to China Eastern Airlines, for its significant contribution to grow services between China and Singapore.
China was the fifth largest source of passenger traffic for Changi Airport, last year, with 4.64 million passengers travelling between Singapore and China, a 6.4% increase compared to 2012.
Bridging Changi’s connectivity to key emerging secondary cities, China Eastern Airlines launched new services to Singapore from Nanchang and Wuxi in 2013 – two new city links that have expanded Changi Airport’s network, making it the most connected airport in Southeast Asia to China.
Serving six destinations in China, the airline presents one of the largest networks among Chinese carriers operating at Changi.
China Eastern Airlines is the largest Chinese carrier operating at Changi Airport in terms of passenger traffic. The airline carried more than 650,000 passengers in 2013.
Top carriers at Changi
In the list of the top five passenger carriers at Changi Airport in 2013 are Singapore Airlines, Tigerair Singapore, SilkAir, Jetstar Asia and AirAsia Berhad.
In the cargo airlines category, Singapore Airlines Cargo continued to top the list, followed by FedEx Express, Cathay Pacific, EVA Airways and Air Hong Kong – the latter, which moved up two places from its seventh spot a year ago.
Awards were also presented to airlines from different regions which registered the strongest absolute growth in passenger traffic at Changi Airport.
China Eastern Airlines vice-president Mr Tian Liuwen (right) receives the Partner of the Year award on behalf of China Eastern Airlines from Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew (left) during the Changi Airline Awards 2014 held at the Pan Pacific Hotel on 29 April 2014.
These were Tigerair Singapore (Singapore), Malaysia Airlines (Southeast Asia), All Nippon Airways (Northeast Asia), Jet Airways (India) Limited (South Asia), Emirates (Middle East and Africa), British Airways (Europe) and United Airlines (Americas). British Airways and Emirates were repeat winners in their respective categories whilst Jet Airways won its category for the third year in a row.
Partnership key for Changi Airport’s growth
After growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 9.6% over the past five years to register a record 53.7 million passenger movements in 2013, Changi Airport has seen the growth trend tapering. Passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2014 registered an increase of 1.1% from the corresponding period a year ago.
Changi Airport Group CEO, Lee Seow Hiang, said that despite challenges, CAG remained confident about the longer term potential of air travel in this region.
“Changi Airport sits in the middle of a vibrant aviation market, rich in growth opportunities. The long-term prospects for the large economies of China, India and Indonesia remain attractive and demand for business and leisure travel will continue to rise.”
He noted that Changi East and near-term projects like Terminal 4 and Project Jewel epitomise CAG’s belief in the strong fundamentals of air hub.
“As we enter the critical construction phases of our various infrastructure projects there will be occasional inconveniences and impact to existing operations, affecting both airlines and passengers,” he said. “But I am certain that with the assistance and co-operation of our partners, we will be able to meet our project milestones.”
Changi Airport is the world’s fifth busiest airport for international passenger traffic. As at 1 April 2014, Changi serves more than 100 airlines operating over 6,800 weekly scheduled flights to 280 cities worldwide.
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Changi honours top partners
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