Air traffic grows steadily at Hong Kong in May

With our headquarters, as well as several freight and logistics hubs in the city, we note that Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has released the air traffic statistics of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for May 2025.

HKIA handled flight movements in May, representing year-on-year growths of 8.8% respectively, with traffic growth continuing to be led by routes to/ from Mainland China and Southeast Asia, which show the most increases during the month.

Cargo volume recorded a year-on-year increase of 1.4% to 422,000 tonnes in May 2025. The growth was underpinned by a 12.7% increase in transshipments. Traffic to/ from Europe and the Middle East were the primary drivers of cargo growth, showing the most increases during the month.

Over the first five months of the year, cargo traffic grew 2.7% year-on-year to 2 million tonnes.

On a 12-month rolling basis, cargo throughput grew 7.8% year-on-year to 4.99 million tonnes.

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