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FRANCE. Aéroports de Paris (AdP) passenger traffic grew by +3.6% year-on-year in the first three months of 2014, hitting a total of 20.1 million passengers.
In March, AdP handled 7.3 million passengers; an increase of +0.9% on March 2013. This included 5 million passengers through Paris-Charles de Gaulle (flat compared to a year ago) and 2.3 million through Paris-Orly (+2.8%).
Traffic in March was mainly affected by half-term holiday dates for schools in the Paris area, which this year were from 15 February to 3 March, as opposed to 2 to 18 March in 2013, said AdP.
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International traffic (excluding Europe) posted slight growth (+0.5%). Traffic growth for the French Overseas Territories (+5.5%); North America (+1.6%); Latin America (+1.6%) and the Middle East (+0.9%) was partly offset by the decrease in traffic for Africa (-0.6%) and Asia Pacific (-3.2%).
European traffic (excluding France) was up by +1.1% while traffic within France grew by +1.2%.
Passenger traffic at TAV Airports, 38%-owned by Aéroports de Paris, increased by +10.5% in March and by +15.6% in the period January to March.
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