Queenstown Airport Corporation reports 1.9m pax movements in FY2020

Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited (QAC) announced (20-Aug-2020) passenger movements decreased 19% year-on-year to 1.87 million in FY2020. Domestic passenger movements decreased 23% to 1.29 million and international traffic decreased 11% to 583,219. While international trans Tasman travel is yet to resume, domestic air travel to and from Queenstown has steadily returned since air connectivity to the region resumed in May-2020. In Jun-2020, there were 37,468 domestic passenger movements compared to 106,119 in Jun-2019. Scheduled aircraft movements were 14,780, down 15%, and domestic aircraft movements were 10,290, down 17%. International aircraft movements were 4490, down 17%. [more - original PR]