A record 43.3 million passengers have passed through Sydney Airport’s three terminals over the past year, as more international visitors on more of the giant A380s landed in Sydney than ever before.
That number is up 3.6 per cent on 2016’s 41.8 million passengers.With Malaysia Airlines becoming the ninth carrier to use the maximum 838-seat A380 to service Sydney in 2017, Sydney International Airport has become the world’s fastest growing A380 port.
That also helped the airport boost international traffic to 16 million passengers, up 7.2 per cent on 2016.Domestic traffic was also up, by 1.6 per cent, to 27.4 million people.
Chief executive Geoff Culbert said the significant increase in international traffic was driven by the growing capacity on Middle Eastern, Asian and US routes.
