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| No.7 July, 2010 |
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HK: most efficient Asia-Pacific airport |
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 Hong Kong International Airport has received its fourth consecutive international award for being the most efficient airport in Asia-Pacific.
It received its fourth Asia-Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award from the Air Transport Research Society at the 2010 ATRS World Conference in Porto, Portugal on July 8.
The results were obtained after a year's research by 13 top aviation experts from Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and Australia, and published in the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Report.
Airports are benchmarked according to their performance, productivity, efficiency, unit cost competitiveness and other factors. The report also provides 30 performance measures identifying the effects of the operating environment of the airport, business diversification efforts, outsourcing and service quality.
Hong Kong Airport Authority Chief Executive Officer Stanley Hui said the award was great encouragement.
"We will continue to do our best to provide efficient, reliable, safe and cost-effective services to our passengers and other airport users," he said.
Airport traffic sets new records
Passenger and cargo traffic at Hong Kong International Airport hit record highs of 24.5 million and 2 million tonnes during the first six months of the year, representing yearly growth of 9.3% and 35.1%. Air traffic movements also rose 4.9% to 144,970.
The Airport Authority said the strong first-half performance was supported by robust traffic in June. During the month, passenger traffic recorded a yearly rise of 26.2%, reaching 4.2 million. For cargo, almost all of the key markets recorded double-digit growth in June, driven mainly by strong exports, which registered overall growth of more than 40%. In particular, exports to Europe and North America grew 44% and 81% as the global economy continued to rebound.
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