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Katowice Airport concluded the first half of the year with 1.63 million handled passengers

In June, aircraft took off and landed 4,458 times, that’s 1,551 operations more (+53.3%) than last year.

The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA) – the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice – has summarized passenger traffic for June and first six months of 2022.

In June, 549,566 passengers, 323,086 more (+142.7%) than last year, travelled on regular and charter flights to/from Katowice Airport. 240,638 passengers, i.e. 174,886 more (+266.0%) than in June 2021, travelled on regular flights handled by Wizz Air, Ryanair, Lufthansa and LOT Polish Airlines. During the sixth month of 2022, the following regular routes were the most popular: Dortmund (36,723 passengers), London-Luton (19 420), Milan-Bergamo (12,767), London-Stansted (12,353) and Cologne-Bonn (11,356). 307 290 travellers, i.e. 149 253 more (+94.4%) than last year, flew on charter flights handled for travel agencies. In June, the following charter routes were the most popular at Katowice Airport: Antalya (70,906 passengers), Hurghada (17,282), Heraklion (15,778), Rhodes (15,131) and Burgas (14,401). In June, aircraft took off and landed 4,458 times, that's 1,551 operations more (+53.3%) than last year.

"In June, the passenger traffic result at Katowice Airport was 94% of the record sixth month of 2019, when 583 thousand travellers were handled at the airport. We expect a very busy peak of the summer season. We'll definitely get close to results from two record-breaking summer months of 2019," said Artur Tomasik, the President of the Board of GTL SA, the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport.

With June, the first half of 2022 has come to an end. 1,629,607 travellers were handled during that time at Katowice Airport, that's 1,208 336 passengers more (+286.8%) than during the first six months of 2021. Between January and the end of June, 965,152 passengers flew on regular flights, that's 853,713 travellers more (+766.1%) than last year. During the first half of the year, the following routes were the most popular: Dortmund (151,202 passengers), London-Luton (82,090), London-Stansted (60,319), Cologne-Bonn (47,596) and Eindhoven (44,884). 658,575 passengers, i.e. 353,429 more (+115.8%) than last year, travelled via the Katowice Airport charter network. Passengers most often travelled to the following destinations: Antalya (131,981 passengers), Hurghada (69,559), Marsa Alam (67,237), Heraklion (24 159) and Rhodes (23,955). From January to the end of June 2022, aircraft took off and landed 17,626 times at Katowice Airport, that's 9,227 operations more (+109.9%) in comparison with the first half of 2021.

"The beginning of the year was characterized by uncertainty in the aviation industry. That's why traffic was improving at a slower rate in the first quarter of 2022. During spring, that changed and traffic began growing faster. Consequently, we have concluded the first half of the year with 1.63 million handled passengers. That's 80% of traffic from 2019, when we handled a little over 2 million travellers," said Artur Tomasik, the President of GTL SA.

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