With a 15.6 percent jump in passenger volume, Munich Airport has far exceeded all traffic forecasts in the third quarter and once again…
With a 15.6 percent jump in passenger volume, Munich Airport has far exceeded all traffic forecasts in the third quarter and once again posted a new record. Between the start of July and the end of September 2004, Munich Airport counted a total of 7.7 million passengers – an increase of more than one million as compared with the comparable prior-year period. During the same three-month period, the number of commercial take-offs and landings was up sharply by more than 12 percent to nearly 100,000, breaking all records for a single quarter.
Following this massive traffic boom in the third quarter, the airport is on course for a double-digit increase in passenger traffic for the whole year. On the basis of the 20.3 million passengers already counted during the first nine months of the current year, Munich Airport is now 11.3 percent ahead of the prior year figure.
The third quarter also saw new single-day records at Munich Airport. On Friday, September 24, more than 104,000 passengers passed through the handling facilities. The daily average of 90,000 passengers in the month of September marked another all-time high. A further daily record was set for aircraft movements: The new mark of 1,232 take-offs and landings on a single day was set on September 15th. The old record was beaten 12 times in September.
The airfreight sector rounded off the outstanding quarterly results with a record of its own. In July, August and September, the airport handled 46,000 metric tons of freight – a 36 percent gain over the prior year and a new quarterly record. For the first nine months of 2004, total freight turnover was more than 120,000 metric tons, or 14 percent higher than in the previous year.
Detailed traffic figures for the first nine months:
| 2004 | 2003 | Change | |
| Passenger volume Commercial traffic |
20,275,000 | 18,218,918 | + 11.3% |
| Take-offs and landings Commercial traffic |
277,770 | 258,261 | + 7.6% |
| Airfreight handled (in metric tons) Airfreight flown |
120,300 | 105,097 | + 14.4% |
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