Airports of Thailand last week released figures which showed that Phuket International Airport handled 5.13 million passengers in first five months of this year.
In addition, the airport registered growth in all sectors in the month of May. International and domestic aircraft movements increased 6.78% from 5,740 to 6,129.
Both international and domestic passenger traffic were slightly up 0.22% from 807,830 to 809,583.