Copenhagen Kastrup Airport pax up 7% for Mar-2012, transfer traffic increasing

Denmark's Copenhagen Kastrup Airport passenger numbers up 7% - traffic highlights for Mar-2012:

• Mar-2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 1.9 million, +7.2% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 193,064, -10.3%;
    • International: 1.7 million, +9.6%;
• • Aircraft movements: 21,559, -1.3%;
    • Domestic: 3378, -13.3%;
    • International: 18,181, +1.2%;
• Three months ended 31-Mar-2012:
  • Passenger numbers: 5.1 million, +6.4%;
    • Domestic: 527,237, -9.1%;
    • International: 4.6 million, +8.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 59,769, -0.9%;
    • Domestic: 9419, -12.4%;
    • International: 50,350, +1.6%.

The airport also reported the following top 10 destinations by passenger numbers for Mar-2012:

• London: 142,452, +7.1%;
• Oslo: 115,543, +8.5%;
• Stockholm: 1139,954, +8.2%;
• Aalborg: 91,051, -5.9%;
• Paris: 69,749, +6.1%;
• Amsterdam: 69,368, +7.8%;
• Helsinki: 60,245, +25.7%;
• Frankfurt: 54,073, +13.6%;
• Brussels: 45,213, +20.6%;
• Berlin: 39,431, +16.6%.

Copenhagen Airport: "Transfer traffic is increasing, thanks not least to Blue1's use of Copenhagen Airport as its hub rather than Helsinki. The number of international passengers is also increasing steadily. The continuing growth means that we have been one of the fastest growing hub airports in Europe in the early months of this year," Carsten Nørland, VP Sales & Marketing. Source: Copenhagen Airport, 13-Apr-2012.