Source: ACI Europe The Full Year 2022 & December 2022 traffic report released today by ACI EUROPE shows the airport industry has finally turned the corner on the COVID-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic across the European airport network nearly doubled (+98%) in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching 1.94 billion passengers. However, that was still -21% below pre-pandemic (2019) volumes, with just 27% of Europe’s airports having fully recovered their 2019 passenger traffic level. Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE said: “The surge in passenger traffic last year has been phenomenal. Kicking off in early Spring when most travel restrictions were finally lifted, it boomed over the Summer and remained resilient afterwards. All of this despite geopolitical shocks, deteriorating macro-economics, fast-rising air fares [...]

Source: MIA A record year in passengers makes MIA the busiest airport in Florida Miami International Airport (MIA) is kicking off the new year with a new passenger record and title: the busiest airport in Florida. In 2022, MIA served more than 50.6 million passengers, shattering its record of 45.9 million set in 2019 by nearly 10 percent and surpassing Orlando International Airport's (MCO) 2022 total of 50.1 million travelers last year by half a million. MIA welcomed a record 29.3 million domestic travelers last year compared to 23.5 million in 2019 while also serving 21.3 million international passengers in 2022, which was one million less than in 2019 but 8.3 million more than in 2021. Compared to the airport's total of 37.3 [...]

Source: Edmonton International Airport - YEG New destinations, a new President & CEO, new partnerships and a renewed sense of excitement will help shape Edmonton International Airport's vision into 2023 and beyond Over the past year, Edmonton International Airport (YEG) demonstrated their commitment to sustainability, their dedication to the region and made the strategic brand shift from EIA to YEG to propel the airport's international voice and reflect the local integrity of the region. YEG increased flights, welcomed brand-new airlines and more than doubled passenger numbers from 2021 – making it the largest increase in passenger numbers year-over-year the airport has ever seen. In 2022, YEG bid farewell to long-time President & CEO Tom Ruth and was excited to welcome [...]

Source: OMA OMA has been included for the second consecutive year in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, which distinguishes companies that excel at promoting equality, female talent development and diversity OMA is one of the 12 Mexican companies included in the Index and recognized globally for their commitment to foster gender equality and transparency in related matters Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ: OMAB; BMV: OMA), informs that it was recognized as one of the 12 Mexican companies to be included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (“GEI”). The 2023 GEI includes 484 companies headquartered in 45 countries and regions across 11 sectors. “We are proud to be included for another [...]

Source: Royal Schiphol Group As of March 2023, Joost van Doesburg will be Head of Cargo at Royal Schiphol Group. He succeeds Anne Marie van Hemert, who will be continuing her career outside of Royal Schiphol Group as of February. His appointment is in line with the wishes of Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) to appoint a dedicated Head of Cargo who is firmly positioned in the Schiphol organisation. Van Doesburg will focus entirely on cargo, has extensive experience in the air cargo sector and is very well informed about everything going on at and around Schiphol. Van Doesburg will focus on on ensuring that cargo retains an important position at Schiphol. But  he  and his team will also focus on key [...]

Source: Vinci Airports Traffic up by 51% (46% if including OMA airports) in the last quarter compared to 2021 – down 17% (15% with OMA) from pre-Covid levels Traffic for the entire year doubled compared to 2021, reaching 72% (75%) of the 2019 baseline In Portugal (ANA) and Serbia (Belgrade airport), the last quarter was the first to exceed 2019 levels New arrivals in the VINCI network, OMA airports in Mexico, enjoyed outstanding performance Airports in the VINCI Airports network welcomed almost 50 million1 (over 56 million with OMA airports) passengers in Q4 2022, i.e. almost 17 million (or 18 million with OMA) more than in 2021 – down 17% (or 15%) from the same period in 2019. Over 186 million (209 million with OMA) passengers used our airports over the whole year - i.e. twice the traffic of 2021 - [...]

Source: Aena December ended with an almost full recovery of 98.1% compared to the same month in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic The airports in the Aena network closed 2022 with a total of 243,681,775 passengers, representing an 88.5% recovery in passenger traffic compared to 2019, the last year before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the month of December, the recovery was close to 100%, standing at 98.1% compared to the same month in 2019, with a total of 17,897,162 passengers. Annual Balance Sheet Throughout the year, the number of aircraft movements was 2,216,327, representing a recovery of 93.9% over 2019; and 1,000,356 tonnes of cargo were transported, 6.5% less than in 2019. Of the total [...]

Source: Royal Schiphol Group Last year, 52.5 million passengers travelled to, from or via Schiphol. That's a 106% increase compared to 2021 (25.5 million travellers) but still 27% fewer than in 2019 (71.7 million travellers) The Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao and Bonaire) were very popular destinations last year. Travellers to Curaçao increased by 19% and travellers to Bonaire increased by 59% relative to 2019 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Out of the 52.5 million travellers in 2022, 37% had a connecting flight at Schiphol - that's 9.6 million transfer passengers. In accordance with the international counting method, these travellers were counted twice; once as an arriving traveller and once as a departing traveller. Last year, there were 397,646 air transport movements. That's a [...]