1. November
Source: Airports Council International, Geneva, Switzerland
Airports Council International, European Region, Brussels
2. European passenger traffic up 1.0% during November 2009
The 'ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report - November 2009' includes 110 airports in
total.
The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by 1.0% in November
2009 compared with November 2008. The overall freight traffic among European
airports increased 5.6% in November 2009 when compared with the corresponding
month in 2008. The overall figure for movements at European airports decreased
-1.9% in November 2009 when compared with November 2008.
The accumulated figure for passenger traffic January to November 2009 decreased
by -6.2% compared with the corresponding period 2008. The accumulated figure for
freight traffic during January to November decreased by -15.9% and movements
decreased by -7.6% during the corresponding period when compared with 2008.
Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (Group 1),
airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2), airports welcoming
between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) and airports welcoming less than 5
million passengers per year (Group 4) reported an average increase/decrease of
0.8%, -0.7%, 1.1% and 2.5% respectively when compared with November 2008. The
same comparison of November 2009 with November 2007 demonstrates an average
decrease of -7.5%, -9.7%, -8.4% and -4.6% respectively.
Examples of airports that experienced the highest increase in passenger traffic per group,
when comparing November 2009 with November 2008, include:
• Group 1 airports – Rome FCO (+6.4%), London LGW (+4.5%) and Barcelona
(+3.8%)
• Group 2 airports – Moscow DME (+11.5%), Geneva (+5.8%) and Hamburg
(+3.9%)
• Group 3 airports – Moscow VKO (+20.1%), Milan BGY (+15.1%) and Rome
CIA (+11.1%)
• Group 4 airports – Brindisi (+41.4%), Charleroi (+40.6%) and Bologna
(+27.3%).
6. Passengers Commercial movements Freight
January - January - January -
Airport November November November
2009 2009 2009
Cagliari CAG 3099257 13,6% 32135 6,4% 1804 -24,3%
Bordeaux BOD 3081854 -7,0% 42406 -13,9% 5701 -25,8%
Turin TRN 2951527 -6,9% 41172 -5,2% 1133 -3,7%
Sofia SOF 2886338 -3,1% 36946 -5,6% 11997 -21,7%
Aberdeen ABZ 2785438 -9,5% 89648 -5,9% 4575 19,8%
Malta MLA 2771614 -6,9% 26101 -0,7% 14719 -5,3%
Bari BRI 2618894 12,0% 26698 -1,4% 250 -80,7%
Menorca MAH 2360021 -7,0% 25504 -9,9% 2447 -19,8%
Funchal FNC 2185132 -4,1% 20289 -3,5% 5699 -7,1%
Luxembourg LUX 1897344 -6,7% 48653 -8,9% 507207 -24,0%
Stockholm BMA 1841343 5,9% 36772 9,5% 202 -31,1%
Southampton SOU 1672618 -8,3% 37822 -9,7% 190 -24,2%
Tromsoe TOS 1510122 -1,5% 27626 -4,4% 1807 -10,9%
Malmo MMX 1452820 -13,7% 20610 -11,9% 22717 -16,8%
Bodo BOO 1442888 3,3% 33045 -3,7% 1162 -23,0%
Ljubljana LJU 1346131 -14,7% 30023 -9,2% 5610 -33,3%
Strasbourg SXB 1017729 -17,0% 25582 -17,5% 240 -28,1%
Brindisi BDS 1006300 7,5% 9493 -7,2% 114 -5,1%
Kristiansand KRS 928672 -7,8% 19584 -6,8% 1202 23,2%
Bournemouth BOH 831558 -18,2% 8782 -20,6% N/A N/A
Aalesund AES 718125 -4,8% 9389 -8,4% 621 -34,2%
Skopje SKP 556727 -9,2% 9093 -7,8% 1926 -0,1%
Haugesund HAU 491869 -1,4% 5868 -17,2% 260 -17,2%
Liege LGG 340735 -11,2% 24062 -6,3% 426882 -11,2%
Humberside HUY 325570 -20,7% 15750 32,4% 880 -51,4%
----------------------- Preliminary traffic figures -----------------------
Total commercial passengers
International passengers (enplaned + deplaned) + domestic passengers (enplaned +
deplaned) + direct transit passengers (passengers who arrive at and depart from the airport on
a flight bearing the same number. They are counted only ONCE).
Commercial movements
Landing or take off of an aircraft operating a scheduled or non scheduled commercial service.
Freight
Freight loaded and unloaded (arriving or departing) at the airport. Freight comprises goods,
newspapers, diplomatic bags, parcel post and express parcel.
7. Group 1
Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year
(percentage traffic variation November 2009 versus 2008 and 2007)
Airport 2009v2008 variation % 2009v2007 variation %
LHR 1,0% -3,7%
CDG -2,2% -5,8%
FRA -0,2% -7,2%
MAD 2,7% -12,7%
AMS -3,4% -9,1%
MUC -0,2% -5,3%
FCO 6,4% 0,2%
LGW 4,5% -9,8%
BCN 3,8% -17,5%
ORY 0,7% -6,4%
wa* 0,8% -7,5%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
10%
FCO
LGW BCN
5%
LHR wa
CDG FRA AMS MUC
0%
-5%
ORY
-10%
MAD
-15%
-20%
November 2009 vs November 2008 November 2009 vs November 2007
8. Group 2
Airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers
per year (percentage traffic variation November 2009 versus 2008 and 2007)
Airport 2009v2008 variation % 2009v2007 variation %
ZRH 3,8% 6,5%
CPH 1,1% -9,6%
OSL 3,8% -6,8%
DME 11,5% 3,6%
VIE -1,8% -10,0%
DUB -12,4% -20,1%
DUS 3,7% 1,3%
STN -2,7% -15,5%
ARN -1,5% -14,2%
MXP 2,1% -28,3%
BRU -1,5% -9,3%
TXL 2,4% -1,4%
MAN -11,5% -19,5%
ATH 3,7% 0,2%
HAM 3,9% -6,6%
LIS 2,1% -3,3%
HEL -12,1% -14,2%
LPA -5,8% -8,7%
PMI -4,7% -15,2%
PRG 3,2% -12,0%
GVA 5,8% 2,6%
AGP -6,4% -20,8%
NCE -2,3% -11,7%
wa* -0,7% -9,7%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
15%
10%
HAM PRG
5% TXL
CPH DUB ARN BRU HEL wa
0%
ZRH DME DUS ATH GVA
-5% LIS
OSL
-10%
VIE LPA
-15% NCE
STN PMI
-20%
MAN
-25% AGP
-30% MXP
-35%
November 2009 vs November 2008 November 2009 vs November 2007
9. Group 3
Airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers
per year (percentage traffic variation November 2009 versus 2008 and 2007)
Airport 2009v2008 variation % 2009v2007 variation %
CGN 0,9% -9,9%
TFS -6,5% -16,8%
EDI 1,4% -6,8%
LIN 1,9% -17,5%
STR -10,0% -17,6%
WAW -1,9% -15,3%
BUD 3,0% -5,0%
VKO 20,1% 10,1%
ALC 0,8% -6,7%
BHX -8,6% -7,1%
LYS 1,8% 0,1%
MRS 7,1% N/A
BGY 15,1% 28,9%
SXF 7,8% 18,0%
TLS 4,4% 3,7%
GLA -4,6% -20,1%
VCE 8,1% -5,5%
ACE -0,7% -13,0%
CIA 11,1% -3,4%
NAP 7,7% -9,6%
HAJ -4,6% -16,3%
VLC 2,2% -30,1%
EMA -16,8% -27,5%
FAO -8,7% -7,1%
wa* 1,1% -8,4%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
40%
30%
VKO SXF
20%
CIA
MRS VCE
10% TLS NAP
CGN EDI BUD ALC wa
STR HAJ EMA
0%
LYS BGY
-10%
BHX FAO
ACE
-20% TFS WAW
LIN
GLA
-30%
VLC
-40%
November 2009 vs November 2008 November 2009 vs November 2007
10. Group 4
Airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers
per year (percentage traffic variation November 2009 versus 2008 and 2007)
Airport 2009v2008 variation % 2009v2007 variation %
BGO -1,8% -2,9%
BLQ 27,3% 23,2%
NUE -3,5% -8,4%
CRL 40,6% N/A
OTP -1,6% -7,5%
OPO 14,5% 16,0%
GRO -4,5% -14,3%
TFN -1,7% -3,7%
RIX 12,1% 21,6%
GOT -4,0% -19,1%
FUE -11,9% -14,8%
TRD 5,5% -2,3%
SVG -0,6% -3,4%
SVQ 6,7% -11,3%
BIO -1,6% -16,1%
BSL/ML 6,9% -3,8%
BOD 2,6% -7,1%
ABZ -4,2% -15,3%
HHN -6,6% -7,7%
TRN 0,3% -14,4%
SOF -3,3% 8,3%
CAG 18,0% 19,0%
BRI 20,4% 16,8%
BMA 14,3% 10,3%
MLA 2,7% -5,7%
FNC -0,3% -6,2%
KTW -9,3% -5,7%
MMX -0,1% -9,6%
TOS 1,1% 1,1%
SOU -2,5% -12,0%
BOO 11,8% 2,1%
FLR 3,9% -9,0%
IBZ -1,1% 0,8%
TLL -20,0% -29,3%
LJU -7,5% -14,2%
BDS 41,4% 26,8%
SXB -10,1% -30,3%
MAH -1,3% -5,7%
KRS -5,1% -5,3%
AES 6,0% 4,1%
HAU 17,1% 2,6%
BOH -37,9% -25,1%
SKP -4,1% -5,8%
DBV -11,3% -17,2%
HUY -33,8% -31,8%
LGG -10,5% 33,7%
OHD 19,4% -13,0%
wa* 2,5% -4,6%
*weighted average=SUM(%change*pax)/SUM(pax)
11. 50%
CRL
40%
BLQ
30%
RIX CAG
20% OPO
BMA
10% SVQ
BSL/ML
MLA wa
OTP GRO SVG ABZ TRN
GOT
0%
BRI
BGO TFN TRD SOF
-10% NUE BOD HHN FNC
FUE HHN
-20%
-30%
November 2009 vs November 2008 November 2009 vs November 2007
50%
BDS
40%
30%
HHN OHD
20%
BOO
10% AES
TOS IBZ
KTW LJU MAH BOH HUY
0%
-10% MMX FLR KRS SKP
wa
SOU LGG
-20% DBV
-30%
TLL SXB
-40%
-50%
November 2009 vs November 2008 November 2009 vs November 2007
12. Year-to-date airport passenger trends
The graphic illustrates and compares the trends of the different airport Groups 1, 2, 3
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