ACI Europe reported (15-Nov-2019) EU passenger traffic grew 2% year-on-year in Sep-2019, marking the weakest monthly performance in six years. The airports in the EU market most affected by the bankruptcies of Aigle Azur, XL Airways, Thomas Cook and Adria Airways included airports in Ljubljana (-9.6%), Paris Orly (-9.4%), Fuerteventura (-9.2%), Glasgow (-7.7%), Las Palmas (-6.1%), Corfu (-4%), Newcastle (-3.7%), Kos (-3.3%), Tenerife South (-3.1%) and Heraklion (-2.7%). Airports in the non EU market saw passenger traffic increase 3%, in Sep-2019. Details include:
- EU airport highlights:
- Airports in Latvia (+11.4%) achieved double digit growth, while Estonia and Luxembourg (+9.6%), Austria (+9%), Hungary (+8.6%), Poland and Malta (+7.6%), Finland (+6.4%) and Portugal (+6.2%) significantly outperformed the EU average;
- Airports in Slovenia (-9.6%), Bulgaria (-7.9%), Sweden (-2.1%), Slovakia (-1.1%), the UK (-0.7%), Germany (-0.4%) all posted passenger traffic losses - while Greece (+0.3%), Denmark (+0.5%) and Cyprus (+0.6%) barely grew;
- Non EU airports:
- Airports in Ukraine (+28.8%), Armenia (+18.7%), North Macedonia (+16.5%), Albania and Serbia (+13.7%) drove the non EU markets. Russia slightly outperformed the non EU average (+3.4%) and gains were limited in Switzerland (+0.6%), Turkey (+1.8%) and Norway (+2.3%);
- Airports in Iceland (-34.2%) continued to be severely affected by the bankruptcy of WOW and other airlines' capacity adjustments, with the latter also impacting Georgia (-9.9%). [more - original PR]