Bucharest Airports National Company: air traffic accelerated growth

Bucharest Airports National Company: air traffic accelerated growth

Bucharest Airports National Company registered in June 2014 a record traffic of 800.993 passengers, representing an increase of almost 11% as compared to the same period of the previous year. The number of aircraft movements increased with over 10% as compared to June 2013, reaching 9.558 landings and take-offs.

The traffic on Bucharest’s two airports – Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport and Bucharest Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport – was of 3.745.836 passengers whereas the number of aircraft movements reached 47.943 for the first six months.

The number of passengers in transit on the two airports in the first semester of 2014 registered an increase of almost 7% as compared to the same period of last year, thus being created all the necessary premises for reaching 8 million passengers for the entire year 2014.

The evolution of the passengers’ number on Bucharest Airports National Company’s two airports exceeds the general trend recorded at European level. Furthermore, the number of aircraft movements increased on Henri Coanda and Aurel Vlaicu airports, going beyond the European trend once more. Thereby, the number of aircraft movements on Bucharest airports in the first semester of 2014 increased with almost 4% as compared to the same period of last year.

37 airlines are currently operating on Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, carrying passengers to 87 destinations. Two new airlines started operating on Henri Coanda Airport in 2013: easyJet and Air Serbia, while, starting with 2014, Ryanair and Air Baltic operated the first flights on Henri Coanda Airport.

Brief information on Bucharest Airports National Company:

Bucharest Airports National Company commenced functioning on February the 5th, 2010, ensuring the operational coordination and the management of the two airports in Bucharest. The company was set up following the merger of the two companies managing at that time Bucharest’s airports: Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport and Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport.

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