Paris airports buoyed by Europe and Middle East traffic growth in 2016

FRANCE. The two major Paris airports handled 97.2 million passengers in 2016, an increase of +1.8% compared to the previous year, Groupe ADP has reported.

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport welcomed 65.9 million passengers (+0.3% year-on-year) and Paris-Orly Airport 31.3 million (+5.3%). Traffic climbed by +1.5% in the first half of the year and by +2.1% in the second half.

European traffic (excluding France) was up +3.4%, driven by growth among low-cost carriers.

International traffic (excluding Europe) was up slightly (+0.4%), with the Middle East leading growth among the key regions at +3.6% year-on-year. Other growth regions included Latin America (+2.0%), Africa (+1.9%) and North America (+0.1%). Asia Pacific traffic fell by a sharp -6.7% due mainly to decreases to and from Japan and Malaysia.

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Long-haul traffic at Paris’ airports grew marginally in 2016, with gains from the Middle East, Latin America and Africa among the positives for the SDA joint venture and its Buy Paris Duty Free brand

Traffic within France grew by +1.1% while French Overseas Territories posted +4.8% growth.

Passenger traffic at TAV Airports, 38%-owned by Groupe ADP, increased by +2.0% in 2016 to 104.4 million passengers. The key TAV location, Istanbul Atatürk Airport, posted a -2% drop in traffic to 60.1 million.

Passenger traffic at Santiago, 45%-owned by Groupe ADP, climbed by +11.3% to 19.2 million.

In December, CDG and Orly combined had 7.7 million passengers, an increase of +8.8% compared to December 2015. Some 5.2 million passengers travelled through Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (+7.5%) and 2.5 million through Paris-Orly Airport (+11.5%). The figures were affected by comparisons with late 2015, when traffic fell sharply following the November Paris attacks.

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The December and full-year picture for Paris CDG and Orly, Santiago Airport and TAV Airports
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