Passengers

Introduction

Despite the marginal growth in air transport movements, we see a strong growth of passengers: +3.7% growth to a total of 71,1 million (incl. Transit). This is a result of a higher share of passenger movements (+1.0% growth) at the cost of full freighter movements. The average passenger aircraft size increased, offering nearly 172 seats on average (3 more than in 2017). The occupancy rate (seat load factor) increased by 0.8%point, to 85.7%. Within that volume, we see that the number of O&D passengers (+4.4%) outgrew the number of transfer (+2.6%).

Transport Transfer, O&D, ­Transito and Load Factor

Month

O&D

Transfer

Transito

Total PAX per month

Load Factor

January

2,898

2,011

10

4,919

81%

February

2,866

1,876

9

4,750

83%

March

3,401

2,159

9

5,568

85%

April

3,919

2,098

7

6,024

87%

May

4,260

2,133

6

6,400

86%

June

4,081

2,296

8

6,386

88%

July

4,386

2,379

8

6,773

89%

August

4,497

2,339

8

6,844

89%

September

4,073

2,324

7

6,404

87%

October

4,133

2,270

8

6,410

86%

November

3,316

1,981

9

5,306

84%

December

3,163

2,097

9

5,269

83%

Total (incl. Transito)

71,053

86%

Transport, Transfer and O&D (excl. Transit)

Main European and Intercontinental countries

Main European countries

Ranking

(2017 ranking)

Country

2018

Compared to
2017 in %

1

(1)

United Kingdom

10,412,860

2.6%

2

(2)

Spain

5,959,122

-0.7%

3

(3)

Germany

4,540,967

5.9%

4

(4)

Italy

4,172,367

0.8%

5

(5)

France

3,554,338

-0.7%

6

(6)

Switzerland

2,130,173

3.4%

7

(7)

Turkey

2,067,638

6.5%

8

(8)

Norway

1,826,022

0.2%

9

(10)

Denmark

1,710,297

6.1%

10

(9)

Greece

1,699,635

1.2%

11

(11)

Portugal

1,611,241

3.1%

12

(12)

Sweden

1,399,933

1.7%

13

(13)

Ireland

1,350,606

8.2%

14

(14)

Austria

994,338

5.7%

15

(17)

Poland

829,444

23.3%

16

(15)

Russia

772,786

5.7%

17

(16)

Finland

741,973

6.3%

18

(18)

Czech Republic

691,131

5.0%

19

(20)

Romania

471,086

7.1%

20

(19)

Hungary

452,282

1.9%

Main Intercontinental countries

Ranking

(2017 ranking)

Country

2018

Compared to
2017 in %

1

(1)

USA

5,952,210

9.5%

2

(2)

China

1,727,727

6.7%

3

(3)

Canada

1,341,234

6.3%

4

(4)

United Arab Emirates

1,234,773

2.1%

5

(5)

India

882,200

34.5%

6

(6)

Netherlands Antilles

673,703

4.9%

7

(7)

Israel

586,468

3.6%

8

(11)

Brazil

512,753

19.8%

9

(8)

Morocco

493,269

2.4%

10

(9)

South Africa

480,206

5.4%

11

(10)

Japan

438,732

1.8%

12

(12)

Kenya

421,024

2.7%

13

(14)

Mexico

384,394

7.1%

14

(13)

Indonesia

370,257

-1.4%

15

(15)

Thailand

347,019

0.0%

16

(16)

Singapore

326,018

5.1%

17

(18)

Egypt

312,300

11.0%

18

(17)

South Korea

293,910

2.0%

19

(19)

Peru

282,008

3.2%

20

(20)

Suriname

274,314

4.2%

Passenger transport per continent, rate

Main European and Intercontinental origins and destinations

Main European origins and destinations

Ranking

(2017 ranking)

Airport

IATA code

Passengers 2018

Compared to
2017 in %

1

(1)

London Heathrow

LHR

1,746,691

3.4%

2

(2)

Barcelona

BCN

1,418,895

4.2%

3

(3)

Paris Charles de Gaulle

CDG

1,238,297

-2.1%

4

(5)

Dublin

DUB

1,194,651

10.5%

5

(8)

Copenhagen

CPH

1,090,783

5.5%

6

(6)

London

LGW

1,083,403

0.8%

7

(4)

Rome

FCO

1,064,657

-4.2%

8

(7)

Manchester

MAN

1,042,622

-0.6%

9

(9)

Madrid

MAD

1,035,686

1.4%

10

(10)

Munich

MUC

996,203

4.4%

11

(11)

Zurich

ZRH

995,214

5.9%

12

(13)

Lisbon

LIS

896,396

4.6%

13

(14)

Frankfurt

FRA

865,404

2.7%

14

(15)

Istanbul Atatürk

IST

862,646

6.8%

15

(12)

Stockholm

ARN

857,510

-1.0%

16

(18)

Milan Malpensa

MXP

839,213

12.9%

17

(16)

London

LTN

831,672

5.9%

18

(17)

Vienna

VIE

820,896

6.8%

19

(19)

Oslo

OSL

712,137

0.7%

20

(24)

Helsinki

HEL

707,989

6.1%

Main Intercontinental origins and destinations

Ranking

(2017 ranking)

Airport

IATA code

Passengers 2018

Compared to
2017 in %

1

(1)

Dubai

DXB

901,460

1.6%

2

(3)

New York

JFK

880,556

29.1%

3

(2)

Atlanta

ATL

812,286

1.2%

4

(4)

Toronto

YYZ

684,935

9.3%

5

(6)

Detroit

DTW

621,630

9.8%

6

(5)

Tel Aviv

TLV

583,006

3.0%

7

(7)

Minneapolis

MSP

552,069

2.6%

8

(8)

Curacao

CUR

514,997

9.1%

9

(10)

Shanghai

PVG

430,817

5.0%

10

(9)

Hong Kong

HKG

426,366

2.7%

11

(11)

Nairobi

NBO

419,028

2.2%

12

(15)

Los Angeles

LAX

409,962

29.7%

13

(12)

Delhi

DEL

407,829

2.4%

14

(13)

Beijing

PEK

395,795

9.6%

15

(14)

Bangkok

BKK

347,019

0.0%

16

(17)

Houston

IAH

341,597

10.0%

17

(16)

Mexico City

MEX

334,163

7.2%

18

(20)

Abu Dhabi

AUH

328,583

7.2%

19

(18)

Singapore

SIN

326,018

5.1%

20

(19)

Washington Dulles

IAD

315,019

1.7%

Passenger profile

Reason for travelling

2018

2017

Business

30%

29%

Congress/study

3%

3%

Leisure

46%

47%

Visiting friends/relatives

20%

20%

Other

1%

2%

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