2006.04.28
Passenger traffic
Aéroports de Paris handled 6.4 million passengers at Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle
airports in March, an increase of 2.1% compared with March 2005.
The rise in passenger traffic was generated by an increase of 2.2% to 4, 4 million passengers at
Paris-Charles de Gaulle and a growth of 1.9% to 2 million passengers at Paris-Orly.
Domestic traffic increased by 1.7% European passenger traffic rose by 2.2%. The 10 new
European Union members' traffic increased by 5%. Great Britain and Ireland traffic recorded a
slight decrease of 1.3%.
On the other international routes, traffic increased by 3.7%.
Passengers traffic (million)
| |
March 2006 |
% |
Jan/March 2006 |
% |
12 months to
March 2006 |
% |
|
Paris-CDG |
4.4 |
+2.2 |
12.2 |
+4.5 |
54.3 |
+5.1 |
|
Paris-Orly |
2 |
+1.9 |
5.8 |
+2.4 |
25 |
+2.9 |
|
Total ADP |
6.4 |
+2.1 |
18 |
+3.8 |
79.3 |
+4.4 |
Traffic figures by geographic area
| Market |
Market rate |
Variation (%) 2006 / 2005 |
|
Europe |
|
|
|
Domestic |
22.4% |
+1.7% |
|
French Overseas Territories and Departments |
3.9% |
-9.5% |
|
Europe |
39.5% |
+2.2% |
|
Of which Schengen |
25.4% |
+3.2% |
|
Other international |
|
|
|
Africa |
9.L9% |
+3.3% |
|
America |
13.7% |
+4.0% |
|
Pacific Asia /Middle East |
10.6% |
+3.8% |
|
TOTAL |
100% |
+2.1% |
Aircraft movements
The number of passenger aircraft movements increased by 4.6% year on year (+3.8% at Paris-
Charles de Gaulle and +6.3% at Paris-Orly). The passenger load factor is slightly lower, 71%
against 72% in 2005.
At Paris-Le Bourget airport the activity increased considerably year on year with 5, 039 aircraft
movements (+9.5%).
Passenger aircraft movements
| |
March 2006 |
% |
Jan/March 2006 |
% |
12 months
to March 2006 |
% |
|
Paris-CDG |
43.200 |
+3.8 |
123.500 |
+2.3 |
516.500 |
+0.5 |
|
Paris-Orly |
19.100 |
+6.3 |
54.800 |
+4.0 |
225.000 |
+1.9 |
|
Total ADP |
62.300 |
+4.6 |
178.300 |
+2.8 |
741.500 |
+0.9 |