Finance & governance

Traffic at Paris Aéroport up by 3.8% in 2018, at 105.3 million passengers

2018 Full Year Traffic
Paris Aéroport handled a total of 105.3 million passengers in 2018, an increase of 3.8% compared to the previous year. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport welcomed 72.2 million passengers (+4.0%) and Paris-Orly Airport 33.1 million (+3.4%). Excluding the impact of the first semester strikes, the increase in traffic for Paris Aéroport would have been +4.5%. Traffic increased by 3.0% over the 1st half of the year and by 4.5% over the 2nd half.
  • International traffic (excluding Europe) was up (+6.0%), with a growth in the following destinations: North America (+8.7%), the French Overseas Territories (+8.6%), the Middle East (+5.8%), Asia-Pacific (+5.8%), Africa (+4.2%) and Latin America (+1.2%);
  • European traffic (excluding France) was up (+3.8%);
  • Traffic within France was down (-1.7%);
  • The number of connecting passengers has reduced by 2.5%. The connecting rate stood at 21.7%, down by 1.4 points.
Passenger traffic at TAV Airports, 46.1%-owned by Groupe ADP, increased by 31.4% in 2018 to 151.6 million passengers, including, from May 2018, traffic of Antalya airport, in which TAV Airports took a stake. Passenger traffic at Santiago, 45%-owned by Groupe ADP, has risen by 8.8% in 2018, with 23.3 million passengers welcomed in 2018. Passenger traffic at Amman Airport, 51%-owned by Groupe ADP, has increased by 6.4% in 2018 to 8.4 million passengers. 

Traffic in December 2018
In December 2018, Paris Aéroport saw 8.1 million passengers; an increase of 3.2% compared to December 2017. 5.6 million passengers travelled through Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (+3.7%) and 2.5 million through Paris-Orly Airport (+2.0%).
  • International traffic (excluding Europe) was up by 5.1%, with a growth in the following destinations: North America (+10.0%), the French Overseas Territories (+5.7%), Latin America (+4.0%), Asia-Pacific (+3.8%), Africa (+3.7%) and the Middle East (+1.4%);
  • European traffic (excluding France) was up (+3.6%); 
  • Traffic within France was down (-2.8%);
  • The number of connecting passengers increased by 2.4%. The connecting rate stood at 24.1%, down by 0.2 points compared  to December 2017.
Passenger traffic at TAV Airports, 46.1%-owned by Groupe ADP, increased by 4.3% in December 2018.
Passenger traffic at Santiago, 45%-owned by Groupe ADP, has risen by 9.7% in December 2018.
Passenger traffic at Amman Airport, 51%-owned by Groupe ADP, increased by 9.3% in December 2018 to 0.6 million passengers. 
 
 Passengers  2018  % change
 2018/2017
 December 2018  % change
 2018/2017
 Paris-CDG  72,229,723 +4.0%  5,622,774 +3.7%
 Paris-Orly  33,120,685 +3.4%  2,502,888 +2.0%
 Total Paris Aéroport  105,350,408 +3.8%  8,125,662 +3.2%
 Santiago  23,303,384 +8.8%  2,155,698 +9.7%
 Amman  8,425,026 +6.4%  629,805 +9.3%
 Istanbul Atatürk  67,981,446 +6.0%  5,097,708 -2.2%
 Antalya  31,566,217 +22.0%  852,700 +13.7%
 Ankara Esenboga  16,732,651 +5.8%  1,161,437 -20.7%
 Izmir  13,425,547 +4.7%  923,236 -8.7%
 Milas Bodrum  4,185,961 +19.5%  87,876 -14.6%
 Gazipaşa  1,215,627 +48.0%  31,345 +4.1%
 Medinah  8,144,790 +4.3%  696,099 -4.9%
 Tunisia  2,490,607 +47.9%  72,652 +51.1%
 Georgia  4,400,224 +20.4%  278,515 +20.8%
 Macedonia  2,342,541 +15.5%  170,689 +13.4%
 Zagreb (1)                     3,336,310 + 7.9 %  214,865 + 4.5 %
 Total TAV Airports (2)                  151,593,705 +31.4%  9,587,122 +4.3%
 Total TAV Airports restated (3) 155,821,921 +10.4%  9,587,122 -3.5%
(1) Groupe ADP and TAV Airports have, a shareholding of 21% and 15%, respectively, in Zagreb Airport. To be compliant with TAV Airports presentations, Zagreb Airport traffic figures are integrated into the TAV Airports group traffic figures.
(2) TAV Airports has taken a stake in Anlalya Airport since May 2018. To be compliant with TAV Airports' presentations, the % change presented above takes into account Antalya traffic just from May 2018.
(3) Restated figures taking into account Antalya's traffic on a like-for-like basis for 2017.

 
  Aircraft Movements  2018  % change
 2018/2017
 December 2018  % change
 2018/2017
 Paris CDG  480,945 +1.1%  38,947 +4.6%
Paris Orly  229,052 +0.0%  17,575 +2.6%
 Total Paris Aéroport  709,997 +0.8%  56,522 +4.0%
 Santiago  151,257 +7.7%  14,043 +7.2%
 Amman  76,889 +3.8%  5,970 +9.2%
 Istanbul Atatürk  454,046 +2.6%  35,730 -1.3%
 Antalya  186,222 +23.9%  6,436 +20.4%
 Ankara Esenboga  109,838 +3.0%  7,919 -19.3%
 Izmir  84,095 +2.8%  6,088 -6.2%
 Milas Bodrum  27,467 +20.0%  608 -10.6%
 Gazipaşa  8,042 +45.6%  264 +11.9%
 Medinah  60,665 +4.5%  4,868 -3.3%
 Tunisia 16,196 +34.8%  623 +31.7%
 Georgia  44,122 +16.4%  3,148 +15.8%
 Macedonia  19,750 +8.9%  1,414 +2.9%
 Zagreb  43,688 +5,1%  3,060 +5,1%
 Total TAV Airports (1)              1,024,496 +23.9%  70,158 +6.4%
 Total TAV Airports restated (2)  1,054,131 +7.8%  70,158 -1.6%
(1) TAV Airports has taken a stake in Antalya Airport since May 2018. To be compliant with TAV Airports' presentations, the % change presented above takes into account Antalya traffic just from May 2018.
(2) Restated figures taking into account Antalya's traffic on a like-for-like basis for 2017.

 
 Geographic split Paris Aéroport
 (Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly)
 2018
 % change 2018/2017
Share of total traffic  Dec. 2018
 % change 2018/2017
Share of total traffic
 France  -1.7% 15.4%  -2.8% 15.7%
 Europe  +3.8% 43.8%  +3.6% 41.2%
 Other International
 Of which
 +6.0% 40.8%  +5.1% 43.1%
       Africa  +4.2% 11.4%  +3.7% 12.5%
       North America  +8.7% 10.4%  +10.0% 10.0%
       Latin America  +1.2% 3.0%  +4.0% 3.6%
       Middle-East  +5.8% 5.2%  +1.4% 5.3%
       Asia-Pacific  +5.8% 6.5%  +3.8% 6.8%
       French Overseas Territories  +8.6% 4.3%  +5.7% 5.0%
 Total Paris Aéroport  +3.8% 100 %  +3.2% 100 %
 
  Paris Aéroport
 (Paris-CDG and Paris-Orly)
 2018 % change 2018/2017 Dec. 2018 % change 2018/2017
 Connecting Passengers (1)  11,403,753 -2.5% 995,365 +2.4%
 Connecting rate  +21.7% -1.4 pt 24.1% -0.2 pt
 Seat load factor  85.6% +1.7 pt 82.6% -1.1 pt
(1) Departing passengers 
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