(KLIA) reports passenger growth

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has posted a 16.7% growth in passenger traffic during October.

Passenger movements increased year-on-year to 2.6 million from 2.2 million, says airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB).

International passenger movements at the country's main gateway grew 18.8% to 1.8 million from 1.5 million, while domestic passenger movements rose 12.6% to 848,656 from 753,850, says MAHB.

At MAHB's 38 other airports, total passenger traffic grew 15.7% to 4.5 million from 3.9 million a year ago.