A growth of 16.9 percent in passenger numbers in December 2014, compared with the same period a year earlier, reaching 4.3 million, appears in Shanghai Pudong International Airport. For the full year, the airport has handled 51.7 million passengers, an increase of 9.5 percent.

The airport registered a year-on-year growth of 23.9 percent in domestic passenger volume and 12.8 percent in international passenger volume in December 2014. The number of regional passengers increased 4.7 percent compared with the same period last year.

Aircraft movements amounted 34,633, up 14.6 percent from a year earlier. Domestic movements surged 19.1 percent year on year, with international and regional movements rising 12.2 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.

Cargo traffic rose 8.2 percent to 285,300 tonnes, among which 212,100 tonnes were carried on international flights.

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