From January to August 2022, 2.945.552 passengers were handled at Katowice Airport; 48.2% of them (1.420.630) travelled on charter flights.
The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA) – the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice – has summarized passenger traffic for August 2022.
During the eighth month of 2022, Katowice Airport handled 656.516 passengers, i.e. 167.568 more (+34.3%) than last year; the result is 99.4% of the one achieved during the pre-pandemic August 2019. 280.435 passengers, i.e. 78.088 more (+38.6%) than in 2021, flew on regular flights handled by Wizz Air, Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines and Lufthansa. The following regular destinations were the most popular in August: Dortmund (35.081 passengers), London-Luton (24.392), London-Stansted (13.777), Eindhoven (12.360), Milan-Bergamo (11.749). During the eighth month of 2022, 373.895 passengers, i.e. 87.937 more (+30.7%) than in 2021, flew on charter flights handled for travel agencies. Passengers most often travelled on holidays to: Antalya (81.838 passengers), Burgas (20.918), Rhodes (19.410), Heraklion (18.194) and Hurghada (16.587). In August 2022, aircraft took off and landed 4.771 times at Katowice Airport, that's 503 operations more (+11.8%) than during the eighth month of 2021.
From January to August 2022, 2.945.552 passengers were handled at Katowice Airport; 48.2% of them (1.420.630) travelled on charter flights.
"In August, we have achieved a result similar to the one from July. Moreover, the three-millionth passenger in 2022 was handled at Katowice Airport on 3 September. Previously, we have achieved such a result a relatively long time ago, namely: on 15 August 2019. Afterwards came the pandemic and the biggest crisis in the history of aviation, which resulted in a drastic breakdown in traffic. Thankfully, passenger traffic is visibly recovering in 2022. Therefore, we're maintaining our forecast which indicates that we will conclude 2022 with approx. 4.5 million handled passengers," said Artur Tomasik, President of the Board of GTL SA, the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport.
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