The third quarter of this year showed a decline of just
3.6%, as compared with the 9% drop in total passengers seen at
Munich Airport in the
first six months of 2009.
The main factor behind this noticeable recovery
is stronger demand for personal travel, which largely offset the
decrease in the business travel sector. During the first nine
months of 2009 a total of approximately 25 million travelers used
Munich Airport.
The number of take-offs and landings at Munich
Airport was also down approximately 9% in the same period a year
earlier to about 300,000 flights. The steeper decline in aircraft
movements as compared with total passengers reflects the fact that
the airlines have responded to the crisis by pooling their flights
and reducing their total supply of seats. The use of larger
aircraft and an improved load factor in August and September 2009
also
resulted in a significant increase in the average number of
passengers per flight.
The global economic downturn
continues to put a damper on the worldwide cargo sector. Munich
Airport handled approximately 57,000 tons of flown airfreight and
airmail in the third quarter: a decrease of 13% as compared with
the same period last year. However, in view of the 18% drop seen
in the first half of the year, this area is also showing the first
signs of recovery.
A surge in demand can be seen
especially in some long-haul segments. For instance, passenger
traffic on the routes to the high-growth markets in Asia was up by
more than 5% during the first nine months of the year. Strong
growth was also seen on routes to African destinations, which
posted increases of around 20%. The downward trend on routes to
the USA continues because airlines have cut back on capacity due
to the global economic crisis.
Detailed traffic figures
for the first nine months of 2009:
|
2009 |
2008 |
Change |
Passenger volume Commercial traffic |
24,620,000 |
26,563,996 |
- 7.3% |
Take-offs and landings |
300,400 |
329,869 |
-
8.9% |
Airfreight handled (in metric tons) Airfreight
flown |
166,150 |
198,714 |
- 16.4% |
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