Hong Kong November air traffic falls 16% to 5 million passengers

The Hong Kong International Airport handled 5 million passengers in November, down 16% from a year earlier, the Hong Kong Airport Authority said in a statement.

The number of flights dropped 8.3% to 32,510 in the period, while cargo throughput declined 3.4% to 450,000 tons.

The airport handled 65.8 million passengers in the first 11 months of the year, down 3.4% from a year earlier. Flight movement declined 1.3% to 385,730, while cargo handling dropped 6.6% to 4.4 million tons.