Changi Airport handles 17.5 million passengers in Q2 2025

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As at July 1, about 100 airlines operate more than 7,200 weekly scheduled flights at Changi Airport.

As at July 1, about 100 airlines operate more than 7,200 weekly scheduled flights at Changi Airport.

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  • Changi Airport saw strong passenger traffic growth, particularly to/from China and Indonesia, continuing its recovery.
  • The airport is expanding connectivity, adding new cities while it optimises resources by shifting airlines to different terminals.
  • In 2024, Changi handled 67.7 million passengers, nearing 2019's record, with expectations of continued growth.

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SINGAPORE – Changi Airport handled about 17.5 million passenger movements from April to June, 5.9 per cent more than in the same period in 2024.

This also marked a 4 per cent increase from the number of passenger movements recorded in the second quarter of 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

The latest statistics were released by airport operator Changi Airport Group (CAG) in a press release on July 22.

The airport recorded 5.78 million passenger movements in April, 5.82 million in May and 5.88 million in June, according to passenger traffic figures published on Changi Airport’s website.

China was Changi Airport’s biggest market in the second quarter of 2025 by passenger traffic, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and India, CAG said.

Traffic between Singapore and China registered a 15.8 per cent year-on-year increase, while traffic to and from Indonesia grew 12 per cent in the same period.

In January, then Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said the authorities expect traffic volumes at Changi Airport in 2025 to 

exceed pre-pandemic levels

.

Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024, reaching 99.1 per cent of the record 68.3 million handled in 2019.

Mr Lim Ching Kiat, CAG’s executive vice-president for air hub and cargo development, said the airport saw healthy growth in passenger traffic from April to June.

Noting that traffic to and from China and Indonesia showed particularly strong growth, Mr Lim said this demonstrated Changi Airport’s ongoing efforts to boost travel demand in the region.

There were 93,600 aircraft movements – which include landings and take-offs – at Changi Airport in the first quarter of 2025, up 4.9 per cent from the same period in 2024.

In the second quarter of 2025, Changi Airport was linked to new cities, including Vienna in Austria, Kota Bharu in Malaysia and Nha Trang in Vietnam.

Following the closure of Singapore-based budget carrier Jetstar Asia on July 31, two of four routes previously served exclusively by the airline – Okinawa in Japan and Labuan Bajo in Indonesia – will be

operated by Scoot

starting some time between October 2025 and March 2026.

China’s Juneyao Air will take over the former Qantas subsidiary’s services between Singapore and Wuxi in China from Aug 29.

But connectivity to Broome in Australia will remain lost with the closure of Jetstar Asia.

As at July 1, about 100 airlines operate more than 7,200 weekly scheduled flights at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to around 170 cities in 50 countries and territories worldwide.

CAG noted that T’Way Air, Philippine Airlines, Myanmar National Airlines and Myanmar Airways International will move to Terminal 2 in the coming months, as part of efforts to optimise resources across the airport’s terminals.

T’Way Air and Myanmar National Airlines currently operate from Terminal 3, while Philippine Airlines and Myanmar Airways International run services from Terminal 1.

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