KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Total passenger movements at the airports operated by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) increased by 15 per cent to 4.36 million in January 2010 compared with 3.79 million in the same month of 2009.

In a statement here today, MAHB said the KL International Airport’s (KLIA) passenger movements rose by 19.7 per cent to 2.60 million from 2.17 million a year ago.

“International passengers at the country’s main airport went up by 26.4 per cent to 1.82 million while domestic passengers rose by 6.6 per cent to 781,474,” it said.