Singapore's Changi Airport received 2.85 million passengers in March 2006, an increase of 8.3 percent over the same month of last year.

According to a statement by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Monday, passenger traffic through Changi Airport totaled 8.2 million in the first quarter of this year, up 10.2 percent from a year ago.

The airport's cargo volume also rose by 13.5 percent in March, which brought its total cargo volume for the first three months of this year to 463,000 tons, expanding 9 percent as compared with the corresponding period of last year.

In 2005, Changi airport received 32.4 million passengers and handled 1.83 million tons of cargo, up 7 percent and 3.3 percent respectively over the previous year. Both volumes were record- breaking.

Currently, the airport is served by more than 80 airlines connecting to 180 cities worldwide with some 4,100 weekly flights.

Source: Xinhua