Including MAHB’s operations in Turkey — the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SGIA) — the airport operator saw a 9.1% increase in passenger numbers to 10.46 million in March 2017 from 9.59 million a year ago. KLIA's main terminal saw a 23% increase in passenger traffic to 2.37 million in March 2017 from 1.93 million in March 2016, while klia2 rose 5% to 2.47 million from 2.35 million. MAHB said all but one of the regions registered double-digit growth in March for international traffic following the trend set in February. Passenger traffic to and from 21 countries registered double-digit growth in March 2017 including the UK, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam which registered more than 20% growth. On a year-to-date basis, MAHB's total system of airports (including SGIA) registered a 7.5% growth with 29.96 million passengers compared with 27.87 million passengers a year ago.

Source: The Edge Markets April 10, 2017 11:48 UTC