Aeroports de Paris 1H2009 EBITDA up 4.5%

France's Aeroports de Paris revenue up 5.9% - consolidated financial highlights for the six months ended 30-Jun-2009:

• Revenue: EUR1,286 million, +5.9% year-on-year;
  • Aviation: EUR692.2 million, +6.9%;
    • Aeronautical: EUR376.0 million, -0.1%;
    • Airport Security tax: EUR207.4 million, +11.6%;
    • Ancillary fees: EUR86.2 million, +40.8%;
  • Retail & Services: EUR430.9 million, +1.4%;
    • Retail: EUR178.5 million, +1.4%;
    • Car parks and access: EUR72.1 million, -6.9%;
    • Rental: EUR50.0 million, +24.3%;
  • Real Estate: EUR107.7 million, +5.5%;
  • Ground handling: EUR94.0 million, -3.4%;
  • Other: EUR123.5 million, +25.1%;
• EBITDA (loss): EUR423.6 million, +4.5%;
  • Aviation: EUR154.5 million, -0.5%;
  • Retail & Services: EUR198.1 million, +3.7%;
  • Real Estate: EUR62.2 million, +16.5%;
  • Ground handling: (EUR1.8 million), compared to a loss of USD7.9 million in the previous corresponding period;
• Other: EUR9.9 million, -27.7%;
• Net profit: EUR127.3 million, +1.3%;
• Passenger numbers: 39.9 million, -6.4%;
  • Paris CDG: 27.7 million, -6.6%;
  • Paris-Orly: 12.3 million, -6.2%;
• Aircraft movements: -5.2%. [more]

Aeroports de Paris: "Assuming a decrease in passenger traffic of between 4.5% and 6.5%, Aéroports de Paris is reiterating its forecast of a slight rise in revenue for 2009. 2009 EBITDA is expected to be of the same order of magnitude as 2008 EBITDA. Aéroports de Paris still forecasts EBITDA growth of between 50% and 60% between 2005 and 2010," Company statement. Source: Aeroports de Paris, 28-Aug-2009.