India among Changi Airport’s top passenger, cargo mkts

Singapore: India was among the top five passenger traffic and cargo volume generating markets for Singapore's Changi Airport which added Vijayawada among new destinations for airlines to fly to last year, the airport operator said on Thursday. Changi Airport, from which about 100 airlines operate, recorded an all-time high of 69.98 million passenger movements in 2025, an improvement of 3.4 per cent compared to 2024's passenger traffic, the Changi Airport Group (CAG) said. The airport's top five passenger markets for 2025 were China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and India, it added. Changi Airport added 13 city links to its global footprint in 2025 - a record year for network growth, CAG said. The new destinations are: Changchun, Harbin, Lanzhou, Yichang and Zhangjiajie in China, Labuan Bajo, Padang and Semarang in Indonesia, Vienna (Austria), Vijayawada (India), Kota Bharu (Malaysia), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and Nha Trang (Vietnam). As of January 2026, about 100 airlines operate more than 7,300 weekly scheduled flights at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to more than 170 cities in 50 countries and territories worldwide, according to CAG.

Aircraft movements, which include landings and take-offs, rose 2.2 per cent year on year to 374,000 movements. Airfreight throughput totalled 2.08 million tonnes in 2025, exceeding the previous year by 4.5 per cent.