The third quarter of the year has passed. We decided to take a look at how airports stand with passenger numbers so far. What is evident is all airports have experienced a drastic drop in the number of passengers, between 60% and 80%. Which means that the airports in the first three quarters accounted for only about a quarter or in better cases a third of the traffic compared to last year. However, it is important to note that a large part of this turnover was realized in the first three months or in the first quarter. The second quarter had a drastic drop, and in the third quarter we saw a slight recovery in traffic.
News spread that Paris CDG had taken the lead in terms of passenger numbers. The numbers show that in the first three quarters approximately 300,000 more passengers passed through Paris compared to London Heathrow. Amsterdam is behind these airports in terms of the number of passengers and is in the third place. Frankfurt holds the fourth place in terms of the number of passengers. Zagreb does not stand out from other airports in Europe or the world after the drop in the number of passengers.
Airports in the United States are increasing domestic traffic statistics. As a result, many U.S. airports have exceeded 20 million passenger numbers.
We can say that this year we will certainly not have an airport that will have 100 million passengers. Even reaching 50 million is a very optimistic goal. Atlanta has surpassed the figure of 100 million passengers in the last few years, and now if they reach 50% of last year’s figure it will be a great result.
Who knows how long it will take for 100 million passengers to pass through an airport again.
Some airports in Asia, such as Singapore or Hong Kong, which depend heavily on passenger transit, have now fallen to about 10 million passengers, comparing to 60-70 million last year, mostly due to restrictions regarding entry into countries, and minimal transit traffic.
We bring you the list of some of the more important airports in Europe and the world. Many airports do not have passenger statistics available, especially in Africa and South America.
The data are in the format: airport – number of passengers – decrease / increase in the number of passengers in percent.
Europe
Paris CDG 19,274,419 -66.8%
London Heathrow 18,973,731 -69%
Amsterdam 17,609,905 -67.7%
Frankfurt 16,153,695 -70.2%
Madrid 14.690.440 -68.5%
Barcelona 11.144.142 -72.6%
Munich 10,046,753 -72.6%
London Gatwick 9,460,000 -73.9%
Rome Fiumicino 8,609,618 -74.4%
Lisabon 7,775,000 -67.3%
Oslo Gardemon 7,729,878 -64.7%
Vienna 7,026,879 -70.7%
Athens 6,858,609 -65.7%
Copenhagen 6,681,949 -71.3%
Bruxelles BRU 5,859,201 -70.9%
Prague 3,382,811 -75.23%
Lyon 3,021,000 -66.7%
Malta 1,551,354 -72.5%
Zagreb 785,321 -70.1%
Ljubljana 267,780 -81.5%
Asia
Beijing PEK 22,304,000 -70.3%
Istanbul 18.058.231 -49%
İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen 12.385.470 -54%
Kuala Lumpur 11,937,000 -71.1% (Data by August)
Singapore 11,400,000 -77.4%
Hong Kong 8,563,720 -84.9%
Taipei 7,162,630 -85.3%
Osaka Kansai 5,685,000 -76.6%
Ankara 3,977,863 -62.4%
Amman 1,706,738 -75.3%
Medina 1,943,461 -70.5%
North America
Atlanta 32,253,010 -61.25%
Dallas/Fort Worth 25,222,605 -49.7% (Data by August)
Los Angeles 22,676,677 -65.98 %
Denver 21,492,361 -53.2%
Chicago 21,481,500 -62.02% (Data by August)
San Francisco 13,382,740 -69.3%
New York JFK 13,114,551 -69.1% (Data by August)
Newark 11,258,368 -63.6% (Data by August)
Toronto Pearson 11,241,404 -67.3% (Data by August)
Vancouver 6,033,550 -66.4%
South America
Santiago 6,876,000 -63.3%
Lima 5,367,697 -69.6%
Africa
Tunis 274,526 -89.7%
