August 2009 showed a 46% notable increase of domestic flights with the re-entry of SEAIR in the industry. There are 21 domestic routes as compared to 15 of last year. Zest Air, a new player, had 156 domestic flights for the month of August. On the other hand, international flight traffic yielded 2% increase from the 2008 figure. Cebu Pacific maintains its standing as the airline that has the most number of flights in the international end alone as it has a total number of 170 international flights translating to 25% of the total flights for the month of August. JEJU Air, Asiana and Korean Air contributed to the positive variance in the flight traffic. General Aviation flight traffic dropped by 23% low.
Passenger traffic for the domestic reached a total of 327,087 and registered a 30% increase as compared to last year's traffic of the same period. Again, Cebu Pacific carries the most number of passengers with a total of 171,142 passengers or 52% and PAL with 105,169 passengers or 32% of the airport's total passengers. Numerous destinations and schedule of flights serviced by the local airlines and the low air-fare are the underlying reasons for the surge. International passenger traffic on the other hand, indicates a good traffic positive variance from August 2008 figure despite the still looming financial crisis. Korean Air (Incheon) registered a total of 15,016 passengers or 15% while Asiana Air's has a total of 15,930 passengers or 16% of the airport's total passengers. Incheon passengers - serviced by PAL, Cebu Pacific, Korean and Asiana Air - comprised 41% of the total international passengers traffic. Like in the aircraft movement, General Aviation suffered a 17% decline as Korean air sight-seeing passengers dropped this year due to economic reasons.
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economic activity in the region may have started to rebound already as cargo movement experienced minimal fall for the month of August. Cebu Pacific and PAL cargo movement declined by 16% and 12% respectively due to the entry of the new player - Zest Air. However, PEAC gained a 39% increase and a new player Zest Air chipped in a total of 160,223 kg. The output of the international cargo for the month of August is the highest so far as compared to the preceding months this year. Cargo traffic showed only 3% below the 2008 performance.
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