Aéroports de Paris: August 2010 Traffic Figures

Regulatory News:

Passenger traffic

In August 2010, passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris (Paris:ADP) (Pink Sheets:AEOPF) increased by 1.4% compared to August 2009. The Paris airports handled a total of 8.2 million passengers, 5.8 million of them at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (+1.9%) and 2.4 million at Paris-Orly (unchanged).

• International traffic (excluding Europe) remains stable at +0.1%. The Middle East grew by 6.9%, North America by 1.7% and the French Overseas Territories by 1.0%. Latin America dropped by 4.5%, Africa by 2.8% and Asia-Pacific by 0.1%.
• European traffic (excluding France) grew by 3.5% thanks to the Schengen area which increased by 4.1%. The combined Great Britain and Ireland market dropped by 1.6%.
• Traffic within metropolitan France dropped by 0.8%.
• The number of connecting passengers decreased by 6.2%, resulting in a connecting rate of 23.7% (against 25.4% in August 2009).

For the first eight months of the year, passenger traffic decreased by 0.8% against the same period in 2009. The number of passengers in connecting declined by 5.9%, resulting in a connecting rate of 23.0% (against 24.2% for the first eight months of 2009).

Revenue passenger traffic

In numbers of revenue passengers

August 2010

% change*

YTD

% change*

12 months to Aug. 2010

% change*

        
      
      
        
          Paris-CDG
        
        
        
        
          5,826,459
        
        
        
        
          +1.9%
        
        
        
        
          38,859,861
        
        
        
        
          -0.6%
        
        
        
        
          57,665,189
        
        
        
        
          -1.3%
        
      
      
        
          Paris-Orly
        
        
        
        
          2,417,268
        
        
        
        
          +0.0%
        
        
        
        
          16,980,204
        
        
        
        
          -1.4%
        
        
        
        
          24,874,091
        
        
        
        
          -2.0%
        
      
      
        
          

ADP

8,243,727

+1.4%

55,840,065

-0.8%

82,539,280

-1.5%

*compared to the same period of the previous year

Traffic by markets

Markets

Aug. 2010 /

Aug. 2009

% total traffic

Jan-Aug. 2010 /

Jan-Aug. 2009

% total traffic

EUROPE

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
          France
        
        
        
        
          -0.8%
        
        
        
        
          16.1%
        
        
        
        
          -3.6%
        
        
        
        
          18.4%
        
      
      
        
          Europe
        
        
        
        
          +3.5%
        
        
        
        
          42.2%
        
        
        
        
          -1.6%
        
        
        
        
          41.1%
        
      
      
        
          Of which SCHENGEN
        
        
        
        
          +4.1%
        
        
        
        
          32.3%
        
        
        
        
          -1.1%
        
        
        
        
          31.9%
        
      
      
        
          

OTHER INTERNATIONAL

+0.1%

41.7%

+1.2%

40.4%

Of which

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
          Africa
        
        
        
        
          -2.8%
        
        
        
        
          12.9%
        
        
        
        
          +1.4%
        
        
        
        
          12.4%
        
      
      
        
          North America
        
        
        
        
          +1.7%
        
        
        
        
          11.0%
        
        
        
        
          -0.3%
        
        
        
        
          9.9%
        
      
      
        
          Latin America
        
        
        
        
          -4.5%
        
        
        
        
          2.6%
        
        
        
        
          -4.4%
        
        
        
        
          3.2%
        
      
      
        
          Middle East
        
        
        
        
          +6.9%
        
        
        
        
          5.1%
        
        
        
        
          +8.4%
        
        
        
        
          4.9%
        
      
      
        
          Asia/Pacific
        
        
        
        
          -0.1%
        
        
        
        
          5.8%
        
        
        
        
          +0.4%
        
        
        
        
          6.1%
        
      
      
        
          French Overseas Territories
        
        
        
        
          +1.0%
        
        
        
        
          4.2%
        
        
        
        
          +2.6%
        
        
        
        
          3.9%
        
      
      
        
          

TOTAL

+1.4%

100.0%

-0.8%

100.0%

All traffic data expressed in revenue passengers (including direct transit passengers). Switzerland joined the Schengen area on 1 April 2009.

Aircraft movements

The number of aircraft movements increased slightly by 0.3% in August 2010 year on year (with +0.5% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and -0.2% at Paris-Orly). For the first eight months of the year, the number of aircraft movements fell by 5.4%.

 

August

2010

% change*

YTD

% change*

12 months to Aug. 2010

% change*

        
      
      
        
          Paris-CDG
        
        
        
        
          45,262
        
        
        
        
          +0.5%
        
        
        
        
          328,806
        
        
        
        
          -6.2%
        
        
        
        
          496,295
        
        
        
        
          -6.1%
        
      
      
        
          Paris-Orly
        
        
        
        
          18,048
        
        
        
        
          -0.2%
        
        
        
        
          143,799
        
        
        
        
          -3.5%
        
        
        
        
          215,343
        
        
        
        
          -3.6%
        
      
      
        
          

ADP

63,310

+0.3%

472,605

-5.4%

711,638

-5.4%

*compared to the same period of the previous year

In August 2010, the passenger load factor rose to 80.8%, compared with 80.6% in August 2009.

www.aeroportsdeparis.fr

Aéroports de Paris builds, develops and manages airports including Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly and Paris-Le Bourget. With 83.0 million passengers handled in 2009, Aéroports de Paris is Europe's second-largest airport group in terms of passenger traffic and the European leader for freight and mail.With an exceptional geographic location and a major catchment area, the Group is pursuing its strategy of adapting and modernizing its terminal facilities and upgrading quality of services, and also intends to develop its retail and real estate business. In 2009, Aéroports de Paris had revenue of €2,633 million, and a net income of €270 million.