TRAFFIC
A total of 5.7 million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport in May, 2.7% more than in the corresponding month a year ago. Operator, Fraport, notes that the rise was helped by the timing of holidays and school vacation periods, with Southern Europe proving particularly popular with passengers. Destinations in the Far East, Africa and Latin […]
Queenstown Airport in New Zealand has welcomed more than a million international passengers for the first time in a single financial year. Trans-Tasman traffic has played a key role in the upturn, which will further boosted this month by the launch of new direct services between Queenstown and Brisbane by Air New Zealand and Jetstar. […]
Brisbane Airport is marking a decade of direct connectivity to Canada, with Air Canada celebrating 10 years since the launch of non-stop flights between Brisbane and Vancouver. Since the inaugural flight touched down at Brisbane Airport on June 3, 2016, the route has carried more than 1.2 million passengers between the two destinations and become […]
Traffic across Sweden’s airports continued to rise in May, although international air travel to some extent was influenced by global events such as the ongoing situation in the Middle East. In total more than 3.1 million passengers passed through Swedavia’s 10 airports during May – 3% more than during the corresponding month last year. International […]
ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East today released a comprehensive assessment of the operational and economic impact of the ongoing military conflict in the Gulf on regional aviation infrastructure in Middle East, and it doesn’t make pretty reading. Its assessment, which covers the two-month period from the conflict’s onset through 30 April 2026, reveals that during […]
A total of 33,494,009 passengers (+3.6%) passed through Aena Group’s global airport network last month. The total means that 114.7 million passengers used its network of 46 airports and two heliport’s in the first four months of 2025 – 3.7% more than in the corresponding period a year ago. Its airports also handled 994,719 aircraft […]
London’s Heathrow Airport experienced a 5% decline in passenger numbers in April, which it attributes to the ongoing impact of the conflict in the Middle East on some markets and short-term adjustments to travel plans. The airport handled 6.7 million passengers, 38,496 aircraft movements (-4.6%) and 129,912 tonnes of cargo (+1%) during the month. However, […]
Demand to fly in and out of Ireland continues to grow, with Dublin Airport set to welcome around 11 million passengers over the upcoming busy summer months – around 2% more than travelled last summer. Through the peak summer months of June, July and August, Dublin Airport is expecting more than 3.5 million passengers each […]
Swedavia is reporting favourable monthly statistics for April with traffic up by 5% across its 10 Swedish airports. Domestic travel increased by 4% during the month and international air travel by 5% despite the ongoing uncertainty over events in the Middle East. Although performance varied locally between its airports, nearly all – with the exception […]
Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (BLA) recorded a year of strong and sustained growth in FY2025–26, handling 44.47 million passengers and 532,000 tonnes of cargo. Operator, BIAL, attributed the continued momentum across both segments down to a surge in international passenger numbers, steady domestic demand, and strengthening cargo operations. International traffic led the growth, rising 23.9% […]
TAV Airports has announced €361 million consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2026, during which time it saw passenger numbers rise by 7% across its global airport network. The company welcomed 10.4 million international and 8.6 domestic passengers across its portfolio of airports between January 1 and March 31. CEO, Serkan Kaptan, enthused: “The […]
More than 74 million passengers passed through the VINCI Airports network in Q1 2026, representing a 1.5% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The performance, notes the global airport operator, highlights the resilience and geographical diversity of the network in a context marked by geopolitical disruptions. While the conflict in the Middle East and tensions […]
