Cargo and passenger flow at Chek Lap Kok airport reached new heights last year, the airport authority said.
Cargo throughput increased 19.6 per cent to 2.48 million tonnes last year while a total of 34.32 million passengers departed or arrived at the airport in 2002 - 3.8 per cent up from the previous year. The number of flights also rose 5 per cent to 206,630 during the period.
The growth in monthly cargo throughput last month was 13.8 per cent, reaching 215,000 tonnes, despite reduced exports to North America, Taiwan and Japan over the Christmas holiday.
Airport Authority chief executive officer David Pang Ding-jung said there would be uncertainties worldwide this year, but business at the airport was in good shape to face the challenges.
More than 1,000 additional flights have been scheduled during the Lunar New Year from January 25 to February 10.
The Civil Aviation Department says 20 airlines have been given approval to operate a total of 1,030 additional flights between these dates.