London’s Heathrow Airport has become the latest major hub to report record traffic figures in 2025. It reveals that it closed out the year “in record-breaking style” with its busiest ever December when it handled 7.2 million passengers, the monthly total bringing its yearly tally to 84.4 million. Highlights of the year included its busiest […]
Dubai Airports has entered the winter travel season with one of its strongest networks in history, as Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central–Al Maktoum International (DWC) welcome new airlines and expanded connectivity to meet rising seasonal travel demand. Direct traffic remains a defining feature of DXB’s winter season, now accounting for 55% of passenger […]
OAG’s chief analyst, John Grant, explains why the battle for connecting passengers is likely to heat up in the Middle East. Believe the many stories written about airports, and the world is dominated by the super connectors in the Middle East. Indeed, the major airports and airlines are outstanding examples of how an airport can […]
Copenhagen Airport enjoyed its best ever November, handling 2.42 million passengers during the month, a rise of 11% on the same period a year ago. It notes that the growth was mainly driven by transfer traffic, with one in four passengers now changing flights in Copenhagen. “This year, the airlines have the largest winter traffic […]
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 […]
Global air travel is projected to reach 9.8 billion passengers for 2025 according to ACI World’s newly released World Airport Traffic Report (WATR). It notes that while international travel is driving growth, regional disparities and medium-term challenges signal a varied outlook. “Air travel is on track to reach 9.8 billion passengers in 2025, underscoring aviation’s […]
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 […]
