Aéroports de Paris : April 2012 traffic figures

Passenger traffic
In April 2012, Aéroports de Paris passenger traffic increased by 1.2% compared to April 2011, with a total of 7.6 million passengers handled including 5.3 million at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (+2.9%) and 2.3 million at Paris-Orly (-2.4%). Traffic was impacted by a strike of air-traffic controllers that primarily affected Paris-Orly, and mainly domestic flights.

• International traffic (excluding Europe) increased by 2.6%. All destinations recorded an increase: Asia-Pacific +8.0%; The French Overseas Departments and Territories +5.7%; The Middle East +3.1%; Latin America +1.6%; North America +1.2% and Africa +0.2%.
• European traffic (excluding France) was up 1.6%. Passenger traffic within the Schengen area increased by 1.5%. Great Britain and Ireland grew slightly by 0.5%.
• Traffic within France decreased by 2.5%.
• The number of connecting passengers was up 5.6%. The connecting rate increased by 0.6 point at 21.4%.

Over the first four months of 2012, passenger traffic grew by 3.0% compared to the same period last year. The number of connecting passengers was up 9.0%, resulting in a connecting rate of 25.0% against 23.7 %.
 

In number of passagers	April 2012	% change*	Jan to April 2012	% change*	12 months to April 2012	% change *
Paris-CDG	5,305,048	+2.9%	18,844,435	+3.9%	61,681,972	+3.5%
Paris-Orly	2,344,099	-2.4%	8,386,201	+1.0%	27,225,644	+4.3%
Aéroports de Paris	7,649,147	+1.2%	27,230,636	+3.0%	88,907,616	+3.7%

* compared to the same period of the previous year
 

 
 
Traffic by markets
 

Markets	April 2011/April 2010	% total traffic	Jan-Apr. 2011/Jan-Apr. 2010	% total traffic
EUROPE
France	-2.5%	17.9%	-0.3%	18.8%
Europe	+1.6%	43.9%	+2.8%	41.2%
Of which SCHENGEN	+1.5%	34.1%	+2.5%	32.1%
OTHER INTERNATIONALOf which	+2.6 %	38.2%	+4.9%	40.1%
Africa	+0.2%	11.3%	+2.3%	11.3%
North America	+1.2%	9.0%	+4.4%	8.6%
Latin America	+1.6%	3.2%	+5.5%	4.0%
Middle East	+3.1%	4.6%	+5.6%	4.6%
Asia/Pacific	+8.0%	6.1%	+5.6%	6.9%
French Overseas Territories	+5.7%	4.4%	+10.4%	4.6%
TOTAL	+5.0%	100.0%	+3.0%	100.0%

All traffic data expressed in revenue passengers (including direct transit passengers)
 
Aircraft movements
The number of aircraft movements decreased by 3.6% year-on-year (with -3.4% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and -4.0% at Paris-Orly).
 

	April 2012	% change*	Jan to April 2012	% change*	12 months to April 2012	% change *
Paris-CDG	40,962	-3.4%	157,693	-2.4%	503,021	+0.2%
Paris-Orly	18,715	-4.0%	72,683	-1.1%	227,707	+2.3%
Aéroports de Paris	59,677	-3.6%	230,376	-2.0%	730,728	+0.9%

* compared to the same period of the previous year
 
In April 2012, the passenger load factor stood at 82.8% against 78.6% in April 2011.