In May 2012, Aéroports de Paris passenger traffic decreased slightly by 0.6% compared to May 2011, with a total of 7.6 million passengers handled including 5.3 million at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (-0.1%) and 2.3 million at Paris-Orly (-1.8%).
- International traffic (excluding Europe) increased slightly by 0.5% with good performance in Asia-Pacific +5.1% ; The Middle East +4.9% ; Africa +4.2% and Latin America +2.1%. In contrast, the French Overseas Departments and Territories decreased by 6.4% and North America by -5.4%, following a sharp reduction in capacity of flights offered by some airlines.
- European traffic (excluding France) was almost stable (+0.1%).
- Traffic within France decreased by 4.6%. The presidential elections and the presence of bank holidays in midweek have "blocked" some leisure traffic. Traffic has also been affected by tough comparable base from last year as traffic was up by 4.4% in May 2011.
- The number of connecting passengers was down by 4.8%. The connecting rate decrease by 0.5 point at 22.5%.
Since the beginning of the year, passenger traffic increased by 2.2 % with a total of 34.8 million passengers handled. The number of connecting passengers was up 6.0%, resulting in a connecting rate of 24.5% up by 0.9 point.
| Passengers | May 2012 | % change | Jan-May 2012 | % change | Last 12 months | % change |
| Paris-CDG | 5,286,761 | -0.1% | 24,131,196 | +3.0% | 61,674,764 | +3.3% |
| Paris-Orly | 2,319,366 | -1.8% | 10,705,567 | +0.4 % | 27,183,580 | +3.7% |
| Total ADP | 7,606,127 | - 0.6% | 34,836,763 | +2.2 % | 88,858,344 | +3.4% |
| Istanbul Ataturk | 3,787,486 | +20.3% | 16,525,104 | +21.4% | 40,371,456 | +20.4% |
| Ankara Esenboga | 777,174 | +11.1% | 3,652,976 | +9.4% | 8,835,197 | +6.9% |
| Izmir(1) | 815,283 | NS | 3,359,670 | NS | 8,794,401 | NS |
| Tunisia | 260,774 | +57.6% | 669,456 | +51.3% | 2,526,398 | - 27.8% |
| Georgia | 107,757 | +19.0% | 453,589 | +25.3% | 1,282,525 | +28.0% |
| Macedonia | 75,479 | +13.7% | 314,854 | +19.9% | 890,425 | +17.7% |
| Total TAV Airports | 5,824,424 | +32.7% | 25,005,649 | +33.6% | 59,042,536 | +19.7% |
- TAV started to serve domestic passengers on January 2012. Like-for-like, traffic is up by 8.2% in May 2012, by 8.1% on January to May 2012 and by 10.7% over the last 12 months.
| Aircraft Movements | May 2012 | % change | Jan-May 2012 | % change | Last 12 Months | % change |
| Paris-CDG | 42,419 | - 4.0% | 200,112 | - 2.7% | 501,256 | -0.3% |
| Paris-Orly | 19,953 | +0.4% | 92,636 | -1.4% | 227,207 | +1.6% |
| Total ADP | 62,372 | -3.5% | 292,748 | -2.3% | 728,463 | +0.3% |
| Istanbul Ataturk | 29,489 | +16.6% | 133,250 | +15.9% | 324,100 | +15.2% |
| Ankara Esenboga | 6,343 | +7.6% | 29,983 | +6.9% | 74,190 | +8.6% |
| Izmir(1) | 5,974 | NS | 24,480 | NS | 64,253 | NS |
| Tunisia | 2,377 | +49.5% | 7,057 | +34.8% | 22,627 | -21.6% |
| Georgia | 1,938 | +10.6% | 8,562 | +8.3% | 23,770 | +17.0% |
| Macedonia | 915 | -15.4% | 4,268 | +2.4% | 11,976 | -1.6% |
| Total TAV Airports | 47,036 | +26.2% | 207,600 | +25.4% | 493,153 | +15.3% |
- TAV started to serve domestic passengers at Izmir Airport on January 2012. Like-for-like, aircraft movements are up by 6.0% in May 2012, by 5.0% on January to May and by 7.0% on the last 12 months
| Geographic split ADP | May 2012 % change | May share of traffic | Jan-May 2012 % change | Jan-May share of traffic |
| France | - 4.6% | 18.7% | -1.3% | 18.7% |
| Europe | +0.1% | 45.3% | +2.2% | 42.1% |
| Other International of which | +0.5 % | 36.0% | +4.0% | 39.2% |
| Africa | +4.2 % | 10.1% | +2.6% | 11.1% |
| North America | - 5.4% | 9.8% | +1.9% | 8.9% |
| Latin America | +2.1 % | 2.7% | +4.9% | 3.7% |
| Middle East | +4.9 % | 4.1% | +5.4% | 4.5% |
| Asia/Pacific | +5.1% | 6.2% | +5.5% | 6.7% |
| French Overseas Territories | - 6.4% | 3.1 % | +7.3% | 4.3% |
| Total ADP | - 0.6% | 100,0 % | +2.2% | 100,0 % |
| ADP | May 2012 | % change | Jan-May 2012 | % change |
| Connecting passengers(1) | 830,808 | -4.8% | 4,234,785 | +6.0% |
| Connecting rate | 22.5% | -0.5 pt | 24.5% | +0.9 pt |
| Seat load factor | 79.9% | +3.4 pts | 77.4% | +3.6 pts |
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