13-Sep-2012 12:49 PM
Zurich Airport pax up 3%, cargo up 8% in Aug-2012; LCC pax down 4%
Switzerland's Zurich Airport passenger numbers up 3% - traffic highlights for Aug-2012:
- Passenger numbers: 2.4 million, +3.2% year-on-year;
- Europe: 1.8 million, +1.0%;
- Intercontinental: 551,053, +11.4%;
- North America: 217,633, +12.0%;
- Asia Pacific: 248,042, +16.3%;
- Africa: 67,954, -3.1%;
- Latin America: 17,424, +3.7%;
- Cargo volume: 36,575 tons, +7.9%;
- Aircraft movements: 24,332, -2.3%;
- Europe: 18,329, -2.2%;
- Intercontinental: 2781, +7.1%;
- North America: 1052, +6.3%;
- Asia Pacific: 1227, +10.0%;
- Africa: 421, +2.2%;
- Latin America: 81, +1.3%. [more - original PR]
The airport also reported a 4.4% year-on-year decline in LCC passenger numbers to 264,321 while flights operated by LCCs fell 9.7% to 2022 in Aug-2012.