PARIS (Agefi-Dow Jones)–Airport operator Groupe ADP announced on Thursday that its traffic had increased by 9.7 million passengers in August compared to the same month of 2021, again driven by the strong rebound in tourism after the lifting of health restrictions.
The airports managed by the group welcomed 29.8 million passengers last month, including 6 million at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and 3.1 million at Paris-Orly, representing 83.3% of traffic in August 2019 , before the coronavirus pandemic.
Cumulatively over the first eight months of the year, traffic at the group’s airports worldwide reached 177.7 million passengers, twice as much as in the same period of 2021.
“In the context created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the international sanctions imposed on Russia, the group is monitoring the evolution of the situation in order to measure its impact and determine the short-term consequences. , medium and long term,” the airport group said in a statement.
In 2019, traffic with Ukraine and Russia represented 1.4% of Paris Aéroport’s total traffic, as well as 17.1% of that of the Turkish operator TAV Airports, in which ADP holds 46.4% of the capital.
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September 15, 2022 12:13 ET (16:13 GMT)