European passenger traffic increased 5.4% in May 2010 compared to May 2009. Freight traffic increased 32.7% while movements increased 1.5%. For January to May 2010, passenger traffic increased 1.5% and freight increased 24.3% compared to the same period in 2009. Most airport groups saw increases in passenger traffic for May 2010 compared to May 2009, led by smaller Group 4 airports.
2. European passenger traffic up 5.4% during May 2010
The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by +5.4% in May 2010
compared with May 2009. The overall freight traffic among European airports increased
+32.7% in May 2010 when compared with the corresponding month in 2009. The
overall figure for movements at European airports increased +1.5% in May 2010 when
compared with May 2009.
The accumulated figure for passenger traffic January to May 2010 increase by
+1.5% compared with the corresponding period 2009. The accumulated figure for
freight traffic during January to May increased by +24.3% and movements
decreased by -2.8% during the corresponding period when compared with 2009.
Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (Group 1),
airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2), airports welcoming
between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) and airports welcoming less than 5
million passengers per year (Group 4) reported an average increase of +3.6%, +5.5%,
+5.9% and +7.0% respectively when compared with May 2009. The same comparison
of May 2010 with May 2008 demonstrates an average decrease of -4.9%, -6.8%,
-6.2% and -2.5% respectively.
Examples of airports that experienced the highest increase in passenger traffic per group,
when comparing May 2010 with May 2009, include:
• Group 1 airports – Munich (+8.0%), Istanbul IST (+7.4%), Frankfurt
(+7.1%) and Amsterdam (+5.3%)
• Group 2 airports – Antalya (+27.8%), Moscow DME (+19.8%), Copenhagen
(+12.0%) and Hamburg (+11.7%)
• Group 3 airports – Istanbul SAW (+98.2%), Ankara (+24.7%), Moscow VKO
(+23.6%) and Berlin SXF (+11.9%)
• Group 4 airports – Ohrid (+67.6%), Brindisi (+52.4%), Charleroi (+43.5%),
and Vilnius (+22.3%).
The 'ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report - May 2010' includes 117 airports in total.
6. Passengers Commercial movements Freight
January - May January - May January - May
Airport
2010 2010 2010
Turin TRN 1437482 5,4% 17592 -12,4% 494 -17,7%
Basel BSL 1398164 -0,9% 20579 0,0% 16353 34,0%
East Midlands EMA 1352321 -21,8% 21534 -15,5% 105493 2,6%
Trondheim TRD 1336660 -1,7% 18968 -2,4% 651 -17,2%
Bordeaux BOD 1329226 4,4% 18271 -3,5% 2783 9,1%
Stavanger SVG 1305317 -3,6% 19332 -8,8% 1166 -1,4%
Hahn HHN 1261602 -7,5% 13716 -5,8% 52874 69,4%
Sofia SOF 1259064 -0,4% 16005 -3,5% 5062 -10,6%
Bari BRI 1220265 19,2% 12494 8,0% 83 -38,2%
Cagliari CAG 1184927 5,9% 12369 -1,8% 740 -8,2%
Malta MLA 1053539 7,8% 10336 4,2% 6490 5,9%
Aberdeen ABZ 1024440 -12,0% 35170 -10,1% 1953 -10,3%
Ibiza IBZ 973821 7,4% 12685 2,5% 977 -5,3%
Funchal FNC 853927 -10,0% 8888 -1,5% 2547 -1,9%
Stockholm BMA 845903 2,7% 16808 2,9% 95 26,7%
Florence FLR 641507 -0,7% 9474 -4,6% 68 -15,2%
Southampton SOU 633376 -4,5% 15255 -4,2% 25 -65,9%
Tromsoe TOS 626690 -1,2% 11994 -0,8% 823 -7,5%
Malmo MMX 618839 0,0% 8876 -1,1% 11523 15,4%
Bodo BOO 605815 0,1% 14149 -1,2% 440 -17,5%
Luxembourg LUX 571697 1,4% 18667 -1,6% 288283 14,6%
Vilnius VNO 527212 12,0% 10274 27,3% 1374 31,7%
Menorca MAH 518887 -2,5% 7589 -5,8% 817 -12,6%
Brindisi BDS 506720 40,0% 4549 15,9% 89 195,0%
Tallinn TLL 498674 -5,4% 8301 -3,4% 3329 -46,5%
Ljubljana LJU 411659 -10,7% 10481 -16,2% 2470 1,5%
Strasbourg SXB 395083 -9,4% 10140 -13,8% 105 -14,6%
Reus REU 343781 -26,3% 2817 -30,3% N/A N/A
Kristiansand KRS 320528 -6,5% 7332 -10,9% 143 -16,0%
Aalesund AES 303751 -0,6% 4145 -1,8% 211 -40,7%
Dubrovnik DBV 266502 1,9% 3124 6,3% 142 -21,6%
Skopje SKP 224583 8,6% 3803 2,0% 787 -20,3%
Haugesund HAU 209612 11,3% 2762 17,1% 104 -25,9%
Liege LGG 83687 -9,3% 11445 15,0% 270655 52,7%
Ohrid OHD 11471 68,3% 104 23,8% N/A N/A
----------------------- Preliminary traffic figures -----------------------
Total commercial passengers
International passengers (enplaned + deplaned) + domestic passengers (enplaned +
deplaned) + direct transit passengers (passengers who arrive at and depart from the airport on
a flight bearing the same number. They are counted only ONCE).
Commercial movements
Landing or take off of an aircraft operating a scheduled or non scheduled commercial service.
Freight
Freight loaded and unloaded (arriving or departing) at the airport. Freight comprises goods,
newspapers, diplomatic bags, parcel post and express parcel.
7. Group 1
Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year
(percentage traffic variation May 2010 versus 2009 and 2008)
Airport 2010v2009 variation % 2010v2008 variation %
LHR -3,0% -6,8%
CDG 3,5% -3,8%
FRA 7,1% 0,4%
MAD 5,1% -5,0%
AMS 5,3% -6,9%
FCO 5,1% -3,7%
MUC 8,0% -2,7%
IST 7,4% N/A
LGW -4,1% -10,3%
BCN 5,1% -9,2%
ORY 3,0% -1,6%
wa* 3,6% -4,9%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
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LGW
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May 2010 vs May 2009 May 2010 vs May 2008
8. Group 2
Airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers
per year (percentage traffic variation May 2010 versus 2009 and 2008)
Airport 2010v2009 variation % 2010v2008 variation %
AYT 27,8% N/A
PMI -1,2% -11,7%
ZRH 7,1% 1,1%
CPH 12,0% -2,3%
DME 19,8% -1,7%
VIE 11,4% -2,8%
DUS 9,7% 3,9%
OSL 9,1% -2,1%
MXP 10,4% 12,9%
STN -1,4% -19,7%
MAN -8,2% -21,0%
DUB -14,8% -27,3%
BRU 1,9% -8,1%
ARN 6,4% -10,7%
ATH -2,2% -11,4%
TXL 5,4% 1,9%
HAM 11,7% 3,6%
LIS 4,2% -2,2%
AGP -1,2% -10,4%
HEL 7,8% 0,0%
PRG 1,9% -12,3%
GVA 5,5% 0,5%
wa* 5,5% -6,8%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
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AYT
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DME
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VIE DUS MXP HAM
10% ARN GVA
STN DUB ATH AGP
0%
ZRH CPH TXL LIS HEL
OSL
-10% wa
PMI BRU
PRG
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MAN
-30%
-40%
May 2010 vs May 2009 May 2010 vs May 2008
9. Group 3
Airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers
per year (percentage traffic variation May 2010 versus 2009 and 2008)
Airport 2010v2009 variation % 2010v2008 variation %
SAW 98,2% N/A
CGN 4,0% -1,7%
NCE -2,6% -8,4%
ALC 6,9% -3,1%
STR 3,3% -8,2%
VKO 23,6% 10,4%
BHX -5,2% -10,1%
WAW 7,5% -9,3%
LYS 5,6% N/A
EDI -11,6% -10,3%
BUD 3,1% -2,7%
LIN -5,8% -21,0%
MRS 0,1% 11,1%
LPA 8,8% -5,8%
BGY 9,1% 18,4%
VCE 7,1% 0,9%
SXF 11,9% 7,2%
ESB 24,7% N/A
TLS 6,2% N/A
GLA -13,2% -23,5%
FAO 1,6% -9,2%
NAP 5,2% -6,8%
TFS 0,9% -15,9%
EMA -12,5% -28,6%
wa* 5,9% -6,2%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
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ESB
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LYS VCE NAP wa
NCE STR LIN
BHX EDI GLA EMA
0%
CGN VKO BUD MRS BGY SXF TLS
ALC
-20% WAW FAO
TFS
-40%
May 2010 vs May 2009 May 2010 vs May 2008
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60%
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BRI
BGO MLA
OTP BOD
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IBZ VLC
HAJ SVQ
0%
BLQ CRL OPO RIX TRN TRD
CAG
GRO HHN TFN
CIA HHN FUE
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May 2010 vs May 2009 May 2010 vs May 2008
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VNO
HAU
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BMA MMX wa
SOF
ABZ LJU
FNC PIK TOS
0%
SVG KTW FLR DBV HHN TLL AES SJJ OHD
KRS
LGG
-20% SOU
MAH SXB
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12. Year-to-date airport passenger trends
The graphic illustrates and compares the trends of the different airport Groups 1, 2, 3
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