ACI EUROPE reports EU airport growth outstrips non-EU airports in 3Q2016

ACI EUROPE reported (07-Nov-2016) the follow European 3Q2016 airline passenger traffic highlights:

• Passengers: +3.5%;
• • EU market area airport traffic: +6.1%.
  • EU passenger traffic dynamic was mainly driven by Southern & Eastern Europe, with Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Spain strongly outperforming the EU average - along with Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands.
• Non-EU market passenger traffic: -4.7%;
• • Non-EU traffic was dragged down by Turkey, Russia and to a lesser extent Norway. Apart from Ukraine which saw a notable improvement, smaller markets including Iceland, Israel, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro were very dynamic throughout the summer.
• Freight traffic: +4.1%;
• • Sep-2016 freight traffic +7.9% - including at non-EU airports. The September figure is the highest monthly increase in freight traffic in over 5 years.
• Aircraft movements: +2.8%. [more - original PR]

ACI EUROPE: "This has been a rather contrasted summer with geopolitical events and terrorism in particular shaping traffic performance at Europe's airports. The shift in passenger demand towards leisure markets perceived as being safer has been significant. However, September has revealed some improvement for Turkish airports - while traffic prospects for Russian airports also seem to be getting better." Olivier Jankovec, DG. Source: ACI EUROPE, 07-Nov-2016.