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“Led by a record performance from both Sydney and Copenhagen, MAp’s airports continue to benefit from strong passenger numbers and further capacity announcements.“ |
Kerrie Mather Chief Executive MAp Airports |
INTERNATIONAL. Record passenger traffic at Sydney and Copenhagen airports buoyed MAp Airports’ core portfolio in the month of July.
Sydney Airport traffic climbed by +9.4% year-on-year in July to 3.09 million passengers, with international volumes rising by +7.8% to just over 1 million and domestic by +10% to 2.08 million.
Australia was the major market which grew (+9%) together with traveller growth from China (+47%), Japan (+47%), Korea (+12%), New Zealand (+9%), France (+5%), India (+4%) and Germany (+2%). The US (-6%), UK (-5%), and Canada (-3%) were the major markets that declined.
Copenhagen Airport traffic climbed by +11.3% to 2.21 million, with international numbers rising by +9.9% to 1.59 million and domestic up +28.3% to 145,000.
International originating & departing traffic performance was driven by growth across all sectors, with two new routes to Toronto and New York JFK benefiting North American traffic, and continued growth across routes to the Middle East, Asia and Africa, all up over +20%.
Transfer traffic, +11.7% above the previous corresponding period (pcp), continues to benefit from a strategic initiative with SAS to reduce connection times.
At Brussels Airport, passenger traffic climbed by +2.1% to 1.86 million, with extra-EU volumes rising by +7% to 749,000 and intra-EU slipping -1% to 1.11 million.
The strong performance in the extra-EU segment was driven predominantly by the launch of new long haul services by Brussels Airlines facilitated by introduction of the fifth Airbus A330, as well as new routes to Chicago (United Airlines), Montreal (Air Canada) and Shanghai (Hainan Airlines). In addition, most carriers have experienced higher load factors.
In July Brussels Airport’s route network was expanded by services to Africa (Abidjan, Accra, Cotonou, Lome and Ouagadougou) operated by Brussels Airlines, a new service to Ercan operated by Corendon Airlines, as well as increased frequencies to London (British Airways) and Barcelona (Vueling). In addition, newly announced network enhancements include increases in services over the upcoming months to Dublin (Aer Lingus) and Warsaw (LOT Polish Airlines), as well as new services to Casablanca by Air Arabia from November 2010 and a restart of services to Kiev by Ukraine International Airlines from late September 2010.
MAp Chief Executive Kerrie Mather said: “Led by a record performance from both Sydney and Copenhagen, MAp’s airports continue to benefit from strong passenger numbers and further capacity announcements. This result reflects the attractiveness of MAp’s airports as airlines continue to expand their networks out of Sydney, Copenhagen and Brussels and enjoy higher load factors.
“Sydney Airport’s strong performance continued in July with a record number of passengers. International outbound growth remains strong and the performance of Asian inbound markets was also very pleasing, particularly from China, Japan, and Korea. There were also a number of significant capacity announcements during the month with a focus on Asian destinations.
“Domestic carriers enjoyed a strong month with a +10% growth in total passengers versus the pcp.
“Copenhagen Airport delivered an outstanding performance with over 2.2 million passengers passing through the airport making it the busiest month ever on record. Copenhagen recorded growth on all fronts, driven by growth on the new intercontinental routes to New York JFK, Toronto and Doha, and the increased number of routes operated by low cost carriers from Copenhagen.
“Pleasingly, Copenhagen continues to welcome new route and capacity announcements, further underlining its status as a key Northern European traffic hub. British Airways announced a new route to London City Airport commencing 12 September, whilst Qatar Airways and SAS both announced increases in capacity on intercontinental routes commencing winter 2010.
“Brussels Airport continues to benefit from strong long haul traffic growth reflecting load factor and capacity increases as well as the introduction of new services.”
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