Cam Ranh Terminal 2 served a record 5.21 million international passenger movements in 2018, up 42.8% on the previous year, and a corresponding 26,700 international aircraft movements, up 43.4% on the previous year. With the opening of the new Terminal 2 (T2) on 30 June 2018, managed by Cam Ranh International Terminal (CRTC) Joint Stock Company, this investment comes at an opportune time to cater to the ever-growing traffic demand into the Khanh Hoa region.
August was the busiest month of the year with 497,000 international passenger movements (+37.2%) and 2,450 international aircraft movements (+39.4%), made up of both scheduled and charter flights. In 2018, by far, China continues to contribute the largest market share with 74%, followed by Russia with 16%. Passenger movements from China increased to 3.87 million international passengers (+47.4%), while passenger movements from Russia slowed to 880,000 international passengers (-2.7%). Korea has the 3rd largest market share at 340,000 international passenger movements, but recording the highest growth among destination countries at 380% compared to the previous year. The top 5 markets are rounded off with Malaysia and Hong Kong in the 4th and 5th places respectively.
In 2018, the top 10 routes by passenger volume are to Hangzhou, Chengdu, Incheon, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Changzhou, Ningbo, Kunming, Changsha, and Beijing. For routes with at least 50,000 international passenger movements per year, the fastest growing routes are Incheon, Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing, and Ningbo, all of which grew by at least 45%. Through scheduled flights and charters, Cam Ranh Terminal 2 is linked to 52 cities in China and 27 cities in Russia in 2018. In alphabetical order, the airlines with the largest market share for international passenger movements are Azur Air, China Southern Airlines, Jetstar Pacific, Vietjet Air and Vietnam Airlines.
During the year, T2 welcomed 5 new international airlines namely Globus Airlines, Small Planet Airlines, Okay Airways, Pegas Fly and S7 Airlines, on scheduled and scheduled charter basis. A total of 25 airlines operate internationally from T2. Sixteen new international passenger city-links were also established to Changchun, Dalian, Haikou, Harbin, Quanzhou, Linyi, Macau, Muan, Shijiazhuang, Yulin, Vnukovo (Russia), Wenzhou, Xuzhou, Yiwu, Yantai, Zunyi, the rest being in China. 11 of those routes are scheduled or scheduled charters. New route highlights in 2018 include Globus Airlines’ scheduled service from Novosibirsk and S7 Airlines’ scheduled service from Irkutsk, two major industrial cities in Russia, as well as Vietnam Airlines new scheduled service to Incheon, Korea.
Flights to Incheon, Korea are served by Jeju Air, Korean Air, Vietjet Air and Vietnam Airlines. Collectively, these four airlines handled over 340,000 international passenger movements, increasing the Korea market share to 6.6%. The only link to Malaysia is via Air Asia’s daily scheduled service, with over 98,000 passengers movements, culminating in a 1.9% market share.
“2018 has been a strong year for Cam Ranh Airport. The 5.21 million international passenger movements is a record high, backed by strong connectivity to China and Russia. Korea represents our fastest growing market by percentage growth, with Malaysia a close second. Both Korea and Malaysia market shares more than tripled compared to the year before. Looking forward to 2019, CRTC expects to surpass 6 million international passenger movements and further strengthening our connectivity, a sizable goal considering the many challenges facing the aviation industry such as rising fuel prices and trade tensions. The new year did start on a bright note, with Bangkok Airways’ new service linking Bangkok to Cam Ranh, representing both a new airline and a new country link,” a statement by the CRTC Management Board.
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