Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 4.1 million passengers in August, an 8.7% increase from the same period last year.

Supported by continuous growth in passenger numbers, aircraft movements grew 3.3%, to 23,800. Cargo throughput maintained its upward trend with total tonnage rising 3.4% from August 2005, to 292,000.

In the past 12 months, passenger throughput grew 8.7%, to 43 million. Cargo throughput and aircraft movements increased 6.6% and 9.6%, respectively, to 3.5 million tonnes and 277,440 movements.