Lisbon Airport pax up 4%, cargo down 4% in Dec-2012; handles 15.3 million pax in 2012

Portugal's Lisbon Airport passenger numbers up 4% - traffic highlights:

• Dec-2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 1.1 million, +3.9% year-on-year;
  • Cargo volume: 9013 tons, -3.5%;
    • Freight: 8006, -2.7%;
    • Mail: 1007, -9.2%;
  • Aircraft movements: 11,186, +1.2%;
• 2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 15.3 million, +3.4%;
  • Cargo volume:
    
    • Freight: 90,335, -4.2%;
    • Mail: 10,308, -3.3%;
  • Aircraft movements: 144,620, +0.9%.

The airport also reported (15-Jan-2013) LCC passenger traffic accounted for 15.4% of total airport traffic in Dec-2012 with 166,577 passengers, an increase of 13.2% year-on-year.