Sydney Airport achieved its best June on record for International and Domestic passen

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ASX release today below:

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Sydney Airport achieved its best June on record for International and Domestic passenger
numbers.

Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather said “The launch of new low cost services to Asia was the
driver of the exceptional International growth of 10.4% during the month. Scoot’s daily
service to Singapore has been very popular with the travelling public, with the number of
Singaporeans arriving in Sydney increasing by 62% and the number of Australians
travelling to Singapore increasing by 29% in June. Very strong growth in the Malaysian
market was also recorded, with a 69% increase in Malaysians visiting Sydney and a 31%
increase in Australians travelling to Malaysia. Travellers continue to embrace low fare
international travel opportunities, with the recent outstanding results in the Singaporean
and Malaysian markets a clear indicator of why low cost carriers form an integral part of our
growth strategy.

Key Points

• Total passenger traffic for June is estimated to have increased 6.2% on the pcp, with
  domestic traffic estimated to be up 4.0% on the pcp and international traffic
  (excluding domestic on-carriage) up 10.4% on the pcp.
• For international traffic, the major nationality markets that grew included Australia
  outbound (+11%), Malaysia (+69%), Singapore (+62%), Japan (+27%),
  India (+20%), Indonesia (+12%), New Zealand (+12%), China (+9%),
  Canada (+3%) and the USA (+1%). France (-4%) was the major nationality market
  that declined.
• China Southern resumed double daily frequencies to Guangzhou, adding three
  weekly A330 frequencies from 25 June 2012.
• Air Vanuatu added one weekly B737-800 frequency to Port Vila, flying daily from
  26 June 2012.
• Tiger Airways opened its new Sydney base on 1 July 2012 with the commencement
  of a daily A320 service to the Gold Coast. Additional daily A320 frequencies to the
  Gold Coast and a double daily A320 service to Brisbane will commence on
  1 August 2012. Frequencies on both routes will increase to four times daily from
  1 September 2012.
• Hainan Airlines will return to Sydney with three weekly A330 frequencies to
  Shenzhen from 29 October 2012.
• Malaysia Airlines, which operates a double daily service to Kuala Lumpur, has
  confirmed it will introduce a 494-seat A380 on one of its daily frequencies from
  26 November 2012.
• Results for June 2012 are positively impacted by the cycling of the 2011 Chilean
  volcanic ash cloud, and the opening weekend of NSW school holidays falling in
  June 2012 compared to July 2011.

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Now guess who doesn't fly to Malaysia?