The Paris-Orly airport far exceeded its level of passenger traffic in the same month of 2019 in August, a first since the start of the health crisis, according to statistics published this Thursday by the person in charge of the equipment.
Orly, which specializes in domestic, European and overseas connections, saw 3.13 million passengers pass through last month, or 107.2% of the August 2019 level, Groupe ADP said in a press release.
More oriented to long haul, the other large team managed by the company in France, Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, remained 80.5% below the level of August 2019 with 6.02 million passengers.
Roissy at 80.5%
These 9.15 million passengers accumulated in August represent 88% of those of the same month three years ago.
This is the first time Orly has exceeded its pre-pandemic monthly traffic level. This led to a collapse in attendance from March 2020, followed by a gradual and uneven recovery, paced by waves of pollution and travel restrictions.
This result is all the more significant since it was obtained during the traditional peak of aerial activity in the northern hemisphere. In July, Orly had received 99% of the passengers in the same month of 2019.
It is the connections with the Overseas Territories (112.6% in August 2019) and Africa (101%) that are driving the average of Parisian airports upwards, while Asia-Pacific remains anemic (37.9%) .
ADP back to green
Since the beginning of the year, the traffic of these platforms “increased by 34.1 million passengers compared to 2021, to 55.7 million passengers, or 76% of the traffic level of the same period in 2019,” ADP stressed. in a press release. release.
The group controlled by the French State manages, directly or through subsidiaries, 29 airports in the world, from Santiago de Chile to Almaty, passing through New Delhi and Amman.
In this area, traffic in August represented 83.3% of the level of the same month of 2019, with 29.8 million passengers. During the first eight months of the year, total traffic reached 75.4% of the same period in 2019.
Groupe ADP announced at the end of July that it had returned to the green in the first half, with a net profit of 160 million euros.
The company had lost €248 million in 2021 and €1.17 billion in 2020. It forecast a return to profit for the full year.
Source: BFM TV
