The total number of air transport movements increased by +4.5%. The average aircraft size increased by +0.4% compared to December 2017. The load factor remained virtually unchanged (+0.1%).
Cargo
The number of cargo flights decreased by -11.4%. Thanks to an improved load factor, also for cargo on passenger flights, the overall volume of cargo transported decreased by -3.4% in December compared with the same period last year.
Passenger destinations
December saw nearly 3.6 million passengers travelling from and to European destinations (+6.0%). Valencia attracted over 20% more passengers than last December, as did Berlin.
Schiphol welcomed 1.7 million intercontinental passengers (+5.1%). +33% more passengers travelled to New York than in December 2017. Denpasar (Indonesia), Guangzhou (China) and Bangalore (India) also experienced an increase in passenger volume of over 30%.
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16 January 2019