Singapore's Changi Airport authorities today said its aircraft movements hit an all-time monthly record in May. They said there were some 24,994 aircraft takeoffs and landings at the airport in the month, a 12.8 per cent increase from a year ago.

Besides, passenger traffic increased more than 11.3 per cent to 3.77 million. Southeast Asia traffic registered the strongest year-on-year growth of 17.7 per cent, followed by traffic to Southwest Pacific 14.4 per cent.

Traffic to Northeast Asia grew 6.8 per cent despite declines of 11.4 per cent and 9.2 per cent for passenger movements between Singapore and Tokyo and Japan respectively.

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