(AOF) – Vinci Autoroutes traffic, all vehicles combined, remains at a sustained level. It thus increased by 6.1% between July 2019 and July 2022. The calendar effect in July 2022 compared to July 2019 benefited light vehicle traffic (+7.8%), which was particularly dynamic despite the increase fuel prices. Conversely, this effect was unfavorable to truck traffic (-6.3%), the underlying trend of which nevertheless remains well oriented.
Similarly, the recovery in passenger traffic continued in July in almost all the platforms of the Vinci Airports network but remains overall below the results recorded in July 2019 by 22.5%, even if the trend of he return of traffic to a level close to that of 2019 has been confirmed at several airports, in particular in Portugal, Serbia and on the American continent.
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Concern and Caution
La Capeb wants to be cautious in its forecasts for the whole year. It expects business growth of between 1.5 and 2.5% in 2022 due to economic uncertainties and rising prices. For its part, the French Building Federation (FFB) is expressing its concerns about the fall in sales of new housing for 2023. It also calls for measuring the impact of the ecological and digital transition on the sector. The RE2020 standard would thus generate additional costs of 5 to 12%. She would like to see a “National Construction Council” set up, recalling that the sector created more than 8,000 jobs during the first quarter.