FRANCE. Aéroports de Paris (AdP) passenger traffic climbed by +4.7% year-on-year in October to 7.4 million. This included 5.3 million at Paris Charles de Gaulle (+3.8%) and 2.1 million at Paris Orly (+7.2%).
The month was marked by national strikes across France which hit traffic on 12, 19 and 28 October.
International traffic (excluding Europe) increased by +5.6%. All destinations recorded an increase. The Middle East grew by +13.2% followed by Africa at +6.2%, the French Overseas Departments and Territories at +5.7%, Asia Pacific at +4.0%, North America grew by +3.4% and Latin America by +1.7%.
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Traffic at Orly grew at a faster rate than at Paris CDG during October |
European traffic (excluding France) grew by +6.0% boosted by the Schengen area which increased by +6.4%. UK and Ireland traffic dropped by -4.1%. Traffic within France increased by +0.4%.
The number of connecting passengers decreased by +6.4%, resulting in a transfer rate of 22.8% against 25.8% in October 2009.
From January to the end of October passenger traffic grew by +0.3% compared to the same period last year, hitting 70.7 million.
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Key long-haul routes provided good growth in the month, despite the impact of strikes |
