The French government majority owned (52%) Aéroports de Paris (ADP) handled 92.7m passengers last year, a 2.6% rise over 2014. In total ADP operates 14 airports in the Paris area including Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget.
Charles de Gaulle Airport led the way with a record 63.8m, up 2.8% on 2013. Orly Airport handled 28.9m, a rise of 2.1%. For both airports these were record figures.
Traffic mix was positive with international traffic (excluding Europe) up by 1.9%, driven by the following destinations: the Middle East (+6.7%). Asia Pacific (+3.1%), Latin America (+1.4%), North America (+1.4%), and Africa (+0.7%)
Only the French Overseas Territories saw a slight drop (-0.2%) while European traffic (excluding France) grew strongly by 5.3%, but traffic within France was down by 2%.
The number of connecting passengers increased by 0.6%, and the connecting rate stood at 23.4%, down by 0.8 points. www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/en
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