Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in August handled 5.68 million passengers and 34,840 flight movements, representing year-on-year growth of 15.8% and 10.2%, respectively, with passenger traffic reporting a new daily high since the pandemic. The surge in traffic was largely due to a rebound in travel to/ from Japan and a continued rise in traffic to/ from the Chinese Mainland and other destinations.

Over the summer holidays, passenger traffic peaked on 10 August, surpassing 200,000 and hitting a new record since the pandemic. Days with increased passenger flow from flight re-scheduling following adverse weather are excluded from the daily high records.

Cargo volume recorded a year-on-year increase of 5.6% to 429,000 tonnes during the month. This was mainly driven by sustained traffic to/ from Europe and the Middle East, which offset declines in traffic to/ from North America under the lingering tariff impacts. The growth was underpinned by a 13.5% increase in transshipments.

Over the first eight months of 2025, passenger volume saw 15.4% growth year on year to 40.3 million, while flight movements increased by 9.9% to 260,830. Cargo traffic grew 2.6% year on year to 3.3 million tonnes.

On a 12-month rolling basis, passenger volume rose by 16.7% year on year to 58.4 million, while flight movements increased by 11.9% to 386,655. Cargo throughput grew 5.0% year on year to 5.0 million tonnes.