TRAFFIC
More than 60,000 people will fly into Edinburgh over the next few days as the city prepares to welcome in the New Year. Travellers from all over the world will land at Scotland’s busiest airport between now and Hogmanay, with many heading into the city for its world-famous celebrations. And 64,000 people from Scotland will […]
Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) has welcomed a record 50 million passengers in a single year for the first time. The record was achieved just before the Christmas period, and will be further boosted as operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), expects to welcome an additional two million travellers at FCO between December 22 and January 7. […]
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 […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) reports that the Thanksgiving 2025 travel period was its busiest Thanksgiving on record, surpassing forecasts and exceeding pre-pandemic activity levels. From Thursday, November 20th through Monday, December 1st, SFO served over 1.8 million travellers, eclipsing the previous Thanksgiving record of 1.78 million set in 2019. “Record-breaking travel at SFO shows […]
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 […]
Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.37 million passengers and 34,465 aircraft movements in October, representing year-on-year increases of 18% and 9.1% respectively. According to the gateway, traffic to and from Southeast Asia, Chinese Mainland and Taiwan recorded the most significant growth in the month. Robust growth was sighted in transfer and transit passengers, recording a […]
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 […]
A busy half-term getaway helped London Stansted record its busiest ever October, with a record 2.68 million passengers passing through its terminal during the month. High demand for family holidays and short breaks saw more than 920,000 passengers take to the skies during the half-term week alone. The week also saw the airport record its […]
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced new record-breaking milestones in Saudi Arabia’s global connectivity performance, which has seen a continuous increase in passenger numbers and air connectivity. A total of 103.1 million passengers travelled via Saudi airports, while total flight movements reached 713,000, marking an increase of 9% and 5% respectively. The […]
Hamad International Airport (DOH) has achieved its busiest quarter yet, serving over 14.3 million passengers from July to September 2025, a solid year-on-year growth of 4.3%. The quarter’s highlight was a record-breaking August, which became the airport’s busiest month ever, welcoming over five million passengers. Without doubt, the performance reinforces DOH’s position as one of […]
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 […]
