Further growth for Malaysian Airports in 2009

Total passenger movements at the airports operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) increased by 8.2% to 51.335 million in 2009 compared with 47.448 million in 2008. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, MAHB said the KL International Airport's (KLIA) passenger movements amounted to 29.682 million last year. This was higher by 7.8% from the 27.53 million recorded in 2008.
Meanwhile, other airports' passenger movements in 2009 rose to 21.653 million from 19.918 million previously. MAHB, however, said total cargo movements last year declined by 13.8% to 803.964 million kg from 932.439 million kg in 2008. The airport operator said aircraft traffic at the KLIA rose by 7.4% to 225,251 planes in 2009 from 209,681 planes in 2008. As for the other airports, aircraft movements rose by 8.4% to 310,542 planes compared with 286,590 planes previously.