DENMARK. July was the busiest month ever at Copenhagen Airport, with 2.31 million passengers using the airport, up by +1.3% on the same month last year. Copenhagen Airports reported that traffic for the year to the end of July grew by +3.7% to 13.58 million passengers.
The lower growth in July was attributed to a late start to the Danish holiday season; departing passengers rose by +2.7%, more than double the total growth, suggesting that many Danes have yet to return from their holidays. The airport company added that international traffic grew by +4.1%.
Transfer passenger numbers in July were up by +6.4%, which Copenhagen Airports said reflected the airport’s growing status as a north European hub for travellers from the Baltic states, Poland, Germany and the UK.
Domestic traffic was down by -31.1% due to the bankruptcy of local airline Cimber Sterling. But the company said this was likely to stabilise over the next few months as other airlines fill the gaps left by the defunct carrier.
Copenhagen Airport Vice President Sales & Marketing Carsten Nørland said: “Copenhagen Airport has recorded substantial growth in international traffic. And this urge to travel made July the busiest month ever in the history of Copenhagen Airport, even with the Cimber Sterling bankruptcy and the late start to the holidays, which would otherwise reduce the figure.”
