Global operator, Aena, handled 35 million passengers across its airport system spanning two continents in October. The total represented a 4.5% increase on the corresponding month a year ago as traffic across its 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport in the UK and 17 gateways in Brazil  experienced a healthy upturn […]

Copenhagen Airport has recorded its busiest October on record, handling more than three million passengers last month. The autumn break prompted many Danes and southern Swedes to pack their bags and travel the world from Copenhagen, resulting in a total of 3.06 million passengers (+11%) passing through its facilities during the month. International passengers make […]

Record-busting passenger numbers continued at Cork and Dublin airports in October, with almost 3.6 million passengers going through the island’s two most popular hubs during the month. Numbers in October were boosted by a busy bank holiday weekend and mid-term period, as well as the Cork Jazz Festival. The month also saw strong numbers of […]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport today reported that it welcomed 13.2 million travellers during the peak summer months of July and August, an upturn of 3.6% compared to the corresponding period a year ago. It notes that most passengers flew between Amsterdam and destinations across Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and the United States. The airport […]

European airport trade body ACI EUROPE today released its preliminary air traffic report for July 2025 with data covering over 470 European airports. It reveals that passenger traffic across the European airport network increased +3.1% in July 2025 compared with July 2024. However, ACI EUROPE notes that historically, this ranks among the weakest July performances, […]

London’s Heathrow and Stansted airports today reported record breaking traffic figures for July, the former recording its busiest ever month and seventh successive month of growth, and the latter its busiest ever July. Heathrow welcomed 7.9 million passengers in July and retained its status as Europe’s most punctual major hub – ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol, […]

The good times are well and truly back for London’s Heathrow Airport which welcomed more passengers in the first six months of 2025 than ever before in a half year, hitting a record 39.9 million despite macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical events. It notes that larger aircraft and strong demand for Asia-Pacific and Middle East destinations […]

Singapore Changi Airport welcomed 17.5 million passengers between April 1 and June 30, 2025 (Q2), reflecting year-on-year growth of 5.9%. Singapore’s gateway to the world also reported an increase in aircraft movements, handling a total of 93,600 flights during Q2, up 4.9% on the same period a year ago. Changi’s top five markets for the […]

February was a tale of differing fortunes for Ireland’s two largest airports, for while Cork Airport continued to grow strongly, the passenger cap continued to restrict Dublin Airport. Cork Airport welcomed a total of 203,466 passengers in February, marking an increase of 6% compared to the same month last year. In contrast, passenger numbers at […]