Zhejiang airports handled 4.5-M passengers in Q1

Airports in Zhejiang province handled a combined 4.5 million passengers in the first quarter of the year, higher by 17.6 percent compared to the same period last year and up by 6.1 percentage points over the average increase rate in East China. Cargo and mail throughput reached 61,000 in the first quarter, up by 5.2 percent, and aircraft movements totaled 45,000, higher by 11.3 percent. Hangzhou Airport handled 2.63 million passengers, which rose by 23.2 percent. Passenger throughput at Wenzhou Airport and Ningbo Airport increased by 11.8 percent and 4.2 percent. Yiwu Airport handled 107,000 passengers and 1,129 aircraft movements. In the first quarter, on-time flight performance in Zhejiang was 73.9 percent, lower by 5 percent. More delayed flights contributed to the decrease.