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Zurich Airport achieves 7% passenger growth in November 2024

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Zurich Airport welcomed 2,194,464 passengers in November 2024, a 7% increase from the previous year and 98% of the November 2019 level. Local passengers totalled 1,496,242, while transfer passengers accounted for 32% (694,010).

Air traffic movements rose by 5% year-on-year to 19,158, representing 97% of 2019 levels. The average number of passengers per movement reached 129 (+1%), and the seat load factor improved by 1 percentage point to 77%.

Freight traffic also grew, with 37,493 tonnes handled, up 9% from November 2023 but 4% below November 2019 levels.

Zurich Airport continues to demonstrate strong recovery, nearing pre-pandemic performance in both passenger and operational metrics.

This post was published on 12 December 2024 22:40

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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