The large airports that serve Paris continued their slow rise towards the levels before the health crisis, recovering 93.9% of their passengers in August compared to the same period in 2019, their director announced on Monday.
Some 9.8 million travelers passed through the platforms of Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) and Orly airports during this holiday month, recording an increase in attendance of 6.7% in one year, the group said. ADP in a statement. This progression is in line with the group’s expectations, which expects traffic of between 87% and 93% of its 2019 level for the entire year.
Orly exceeds its pre-crisis traffic
With 3.2 million passengers, Orly, specialized in short and medium distance and abroad, grew in August to 110.8% of its level four years ago, while CDG, with 6.5 million passengers transported (87.3%), continued to suffer the consequences of the crisis. slower recovery from long distance travel.
Flows to Africa (107.7% of the 2019 level), the Schengen area (101.8%) and abroad (101.7%) are having the best results. Left behind, however, are Latin America (78.8%), Asia-Pacific (72%) and French domestic traffic (77.7%).
The ADP group manages, directly or through participations, around twenty airport platforms around the world, from New Delhi to Santiago de Chile, passing through Amman or Antalya. In this area, in August it found 98.2% of its 2019 passengers, or 33.9 million, a ratio driven in particular by its Indian airports.
Source: BFM TV
