AsianFin -- Hong Kong International Airport handled 53.1 million passengers and recorded over 363,000 flight movements in 2024, up around 34.3% and 31.6% year-on-year respectively, the Airport Authority Hong Kong said on Tuesday.

Total cargo throughput hit 4.9 million tons, up 14 percent year-on-year, the airport authority said.

In December 2024, flight movements reached 33,550, up 12.5% increase from the same period of 2023, bringing operations close to pre-pandemic levels. On certain peak days, flight operations may even surpass those seen before the pandemic. Passenger numbers in December alone totaled 5.1 million, up 18.3 percent year-on-year, with the most significant growth observed in routes to and from Southeast Asia, the Chinese mainland, and Japan.