ACI Europe reported passenger traffic at European airports increased 6.3% year-on-year in Jan-2016. Average passenger traffic growth increased 6.9% at EU airports, while passenger traffic at Non-EU airports increased 4.3%. Freight across European airports increased 3.5% and aircraft movement increased 2.2%.
In the EU, the average increase in passenger traffic was +6.9%, with airports in 16 EU Member States achieving double-digit growth. This was the strongest monthly rate in almost 2 years. Meanwhile, non-EU airports reported slower growth at +4.3%. Freight traffic across the European airport network grew by +3.5%, above last year’s average of +2,2%. However, this improvement is mainly due to comparison with a weak January 2015 (-1%). The dynamic growth in passenger traffic was not matched by a corresponding increase in aircraft movements – which remained aligned with previous months at +2.2%, pointing to continued airline capacity discipline.
Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE said “We are off to a very good start of the year in terms of passenger traffic, with airports in Southern and Eastern EU States generally being major contributors to what is quite a remarkable performance. In termsof the top 25 European airports, the airports of Istanbul-Sabiha G?k?en (+19.3%), Dublin (+17.1%), Barcelona (+14,3%), Copenhagen (+12.9%), London Stansted (+11.8%), Madrid-Adolfo Suarez (+11.7%) and Amsterdam Schiphol (+10.4%) posted the strongest growth. French airports are still feeling the fallout of the recent terrorist attacks and extremely weak economic confidence – while the Non-EU market was mainly dragged down by weak traffic levels at Russian and Norwegian airports.”
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