In March 2014, Aéroports de Paris saw 7.3 million passengers; an increase of 0.9% on March 2013. 5.0 million passengers travelled through Paris-Charles de Gaulle (stable) and 2.3 million through Paris-Orly (+2.8%).

Traffic in March 2014 was mainly affected by a calendar effect due to the half-term holiday dates for schools in the Paris area, which this year were from 15 February to 3 March, as opposed to 2 to 18 March in 2013.

  • International traffic (excluding Europe) posted slight growth (+0.5%). Traffic growth for the French Overseas Territories (+5.5%); North America (+1.6%); Latin America (+1.6%) and the Middle East (+0.9%) was in large part offset by the decrease in traffic for Africa (-0.6%) and Asia-Pacific (-3.2%);
  • European traffic (excluding France) was up by 1.1%;  
  • Traffic within France grew by 1.2%;
  • The number of connecting passengers was up by 5.9%. The connecting rate stood at 25.8%, up by 1.5 points. 

Since the beginning of 2014, Aéroports de Paris passenger traffic has seen growth of 3.6%, with a total of 20.1 million passengers. The number of connecting passengers is up by 3.4%. The connecting rate has reached 26.0%; i.e. a slight decrease of 0.1 points.

Passenger traffic at TAV Airports, 38%-owned by Aéroports de Paris, increased by 10.5% in March 2014 and has risen by 15.6% since the beginning of the year.  

Passengers March 2014 % change Jan.-Mar. 2014 % change Last 12 months % change
Paris-CDG 5,033,255  0.0% 13,805,887 +2.8% 62,422,996 +1.5%
Paris-Orly 2,321,150 +2.8% 6,328,913 +5.5% 28,604,684 +5.2%
Total ADP 7,354,405 +0.9% 20,134,800 +3.6% 91,027,680 +2.6%
Istanbul Ataturk 4,406,886 +7.1% 12,422,066 +11.1% 52,561,258 +11.5%
Ankara Esenboga 925,343 +6.3% 2,714,497 +13.0% 11,240,434 +17.9%
Izmir 768,966 +6.4% 2,245,116 +10.4% 10,419,477 +8.9%
Madinah 553,981 +19.4% 1,673,258 +39.0% 5,138,359 N/A
Gazipasa 19,149 N/A 51,187 N/A 397,332 N/A
Tunisia 121,483 +2.7% 267,130 +3.6% 3,447,017 +3.8%
Georgia 110,776 +4.8% 309,766 +9.6% 1,669,660 +17.2%
Macedonia 77,699 +8.5% 207,963 +8.1% 1,083,054 +15.8%
Zagreb 165,336 -5.7% 429,504 N/A 2,288,225 N/A
Total TAV Airports 7,149,619 +10.5% 20,320,487 +15.6% 86,386,095 +14.5%

Aircraft Movements March 2014 % change Jan.-Mar. 2014 % change Last 12 months % change
Paris-CDG 38,169 -2.1% 107,743 -2.8% 469,144 -3.4%
Paris-Orly 18,864 +0.9% 52,121 -0.4% 229,435 +0.2%
Total ADP 57,033 -1.1% 159,864 -2.0% 698,579 -2.2%
Istanbul Ataturk 33,650 +10.8% 96,154 +11.5% 397,919 +12.9%
Ankara Esenboga 7,022 +4.1% 20,600 +6.8% 86,546 +17.2%
Izmir 5,348 +6.4% 15,383 +8.2% 71,220 +8.0%
Madinah 4,320 +26.1% 12,871 +36.0% 43,410 N/A
Gazipasa 154 N/A 412 N/A 2,877 N/A
Tunisia 1,165 -15.0% 2,885 -8.4% 29,814 +8.4%
Georgia 1,724 +3.5% 4,906 +5.5% 23,766 +1.3%
Macedonia 938 +3.8% 2,593 +1.5% 12,418 +9.3%
Zagreb 3,030 -3.9% 8,212 N/A 38,514 N/A
Total TAV Airports 57,351 +15.7% 164,016 +17.5% 676,182 +15.7%

Geographic split
ADP		 March 2014
% change		 Share of total traffic Jan.-Mar. 2014
% change		 Jan-Mar. share of traffic
France +1.2%18.1% +1.4%18.1%
Europe +1.1%41.1% +3.9%40.0%
Other International
of which		 +0.5%40.8% +4.3%41.9%
    Africa -0.6% 11.8% +4.5% 12.0%
North America +1.6% 8.6% +4.0% 8.2%
    Latin America +1.6% 3.8% +3,9% 4.1%
    Middle East +0.9% 4.8% +7.3% 5.0%
    Asia/Pacific -3.2% 7.0% +1.5% 7.4%
French Overseas Territories +5.5% 4.8% +5.7% 5.2%
Total ADP +0.9%100% +3.6%100%

ADP March 2014 % change Jan.-Mar. 2014 % change
Connecting passengers 924,668 +5.9% 2,605,464 +3.4%
Connecting rate 25.8% +1.5pt 26.0% -0.1pt
Seat load factor 81.0% +0.1pt 79.1% +2.4pt

Aéroports de Paris: March 2014 traffic figures:
http://hugin.info/145257/R/1777495/606743.pdf


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