Smaller airports again post massive growth

Smaller airports again post massive growth ACI EUROPE 6 square de Meeûs 1000 Brussels, Belgium www.aci-europe.org For immediate release 17 December ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report - Brussels, 17 December : On average, passenger traffic at European airports increased by +6.9 in when compared with. The overall freight traffic among European airports increased +7.5 in when compared with the corresponding month in. The overall figure for movements at European airports increased +4.5 in when compared with. Passenger figures for indicate that Group 4 airports (airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year) had the largest increase in traffic - with an average increase of +10.6 when compared with - and an average increase of +20.3 when compared with 2002. Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (Group 1), airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2) and airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) reported an average increase of +4.2, +7.5 and +5.3 respectively when compared with. The same comparison of with 2002 demonstrates an average increase of +6.5, +11.4 and +13.5 respectively. Some examples of airports that experienced a significant increase in passenger traffic, when comparing with, include: Group 1 airports: London Gatwick (+8.1), Madrid Barajas (+5.6), and Frankfurt (+4.9); Group 2 airports: Palma de Mallorca (+16.4), Athens (+14.0), and Munich (+12.8); Group 3 airports: Prague (+27.0), Cologne/Bonn (+14.3) and Stuttgart (+14.2); Group 4 airports: Girona (+89.5), Riga (+40.8) and Vilnius (+36.9). The attached ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report (see below) is a dedicated service for journalists and is also available in the password protected Traffic statistics section of the Media room on our website (www.aci-europe.org). Members of the media may also access additional traffic analysis and comprehensive traffic databases. For your password to access these sections, please contact Aurélie Nieuborg by tel: +32 (0)2 552 0979 or by e- mail at: aurelie.nieuborg@aci-europe.org. Your request will be validated and the password will be e-mailed to your work address.

* Note to editors The monthly Airport Traffic Report has evolved to include a wide spectrum of 87 airports. Florence (FLR) and Geneva (GVA) airports are the latest airports to be included in the report. To reflect better this development, airport groups will be classified in line with a definition developed in a European Commission working paper. As such, the airports in this report are now divided into four groups based on yearly passenger figures from 2002 - according to the following definitions: Group 1 - major airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year; Group 2 - large airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers per year; Group 3 - medium sized airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers per year; and Group 4 - small airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year. ENDS For more information, please contact Ronan Anderson, Communications Manager, ACI EUROPE at e-mail: ronan.anderson@aci-europe.org, mobile: +32 (0)486 54 14 71 or tel: +32 (0)2 552 09 82. Airports Council International (ACI) is the only worldwide professional association of airport operators. ACI EUROPE represents over 450 airports in 45 European countries. Member airports handle 90 of commercial air traffic in Europe, welcoming over a billion passengers each year.

Source: Airports Council International, Geneva, Switzerland Airports Council International, European Region, Brussels

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Airports London Heathrow (LHR) Frankfurt (FRA) Paris Roissy (CDG) Amsterdam (AMS) Madrid (MAD) London Gatwick (LGW) Rome-Fiumicino (FCO) Munich (MUC) Barcelona (BCN) Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Paris Orly (ORY) Manchester (MAN) London Stansted (STN) Copenhagen (CPH) Zurich (ZRH) Dublin (DUB) Düsseldorf (DUS) Milan-Malpensa (MXP) Brussels (BRU) Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN) Oslo (OSL) Athens (ATH) Vienna (VIE) Malaga (AGP) Berlin (TXL) Hamburg (HAM) Passengers January - Commercial movements Freight (metric tones) 5,771,600 2.0 56,851,300 6.9 40,217 1.2 123,581 12.7 4,814,200 4.9 43,627,500 6.2 40,518 5.8 160,779 14.1 4,482,700 3.7 43,313,300 6.3 44,790 1.4 N/A N/A 3,923,000 4.0 36,477,500 6.9 36,481 3.9 131,131 10.2 3,417,200 5.6 32,598,300 8.0 34,493 2.5 30,648 1.1 2,824,600 8.1 27,376,800 4.6 21,567 5.0 18,458-9.2 2,601,700 3.1 23,982,200 8.1 27,431 4.2 12,535 10.4 2,525,100 12.8 22,802,000 11.5 32,524 11.9 16,741 37.8 2,203,000 4.9 20,964,900 8.0 24,754 1.8 7,580 12.4 2,048,900 16.4 18,699,500 6.1 17,030 10.8 1,843-2.8 2,014,100 2.8 20,329,900 7.7 19,198 3.2 N/A N/A 2,013,700 5.0 18,781,300 8.4 18,768 5.0 14,122 21.9 1,906,800 8.0 17,710,800 13.1 15,610 1.8 20,943 7.5 1,706,000 5.1 16,245,100 7.7 23,718 1.7 N/A N/A 1,637,300 0.3 14,698,200 1.3 21,936 1.1 30,393-7.0 1,542,700 10.8 14,752,500 8.1 14,640 3.6 N/A N/A 1,603,500 10.2 13,188,700 7.1 17,274 11.8 5,297 33.1 1,587,800 4.1 15,877,600 5.1 18,017 0.3 33,188 20.0 1,390,200 1.4 13,431,400 2.5 20,082-2.2 50,413-4.8 1,491,000 6.8 13,760,600 7.2 21,458 3.4 5,507-34.9 1,347,500 7.1 12,659,000 9.5 16,932 4.2 4,792-5.3 1,269,700 14.0 11,786,400 12.3 15,238 10.7 10,351-0.2 1,335,300 12.3 12,581,500 16.9 19,470 12.8 13,842 29.0 1,187,500 6.5 10,655,000 4.4 10,163 10.3 550-8.0 1,080,500-1.4 9,371,200-0.7 12,008-4.3 1,077-8.6 997,000 3.1 8,437,000 3.6 11,815 3.4 2,105 2.4 2/11

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Airports Moscow- Domodedovo (DME) Helsinki (HEL) Lisbon (LIS) Prague (PRG) Nice (NCE) Glasgow (GLA) Cologne/Bonn (CGN) Gran Canaria (LPA) Alicante (ALC) Birmingham (BHX) Stuttgart (STR) Milan Linate (LIN) Tenerife Sur (TFS) Edinburgh (EDI) Geneva (GVA) Budapest (BUD) Hanover (HAJ) Warsaw (WAW) Venice (VCE) Lyon (LYS) Faro (FAO) Toulouse (TLS) Marseille (MRS) Lanzarote (ACE) Nottingham East Midlands (EMA) Goteborg (GOT) Ibiza (IBZ) Passengers January - Commercial movements Freight (metric tones) 992,900 10.4 10,447,900 32.8 10,376 10.5 19,904 33.2 934,300 2.1 9,018,200 11.1 15,109 2.8 8,174-18.0 913,600 8.4 9,245,700 12.3 10,347 8.1 7,372-2.4 903,900 27.0 8,242,500 30.6 13,090 26.7 4,419 19.4 864,500 5.4 8,148,100 1.9 10,468-6.8 1,049-2.3 858,300* 8.4 7,450,300* 5.4 8,502 6.8 864 66.8 857,700 14.3 7,070,800 6.3 12,542 ±0.0 55,873 12.5 854,100 11.0 7,754,200 2.7 8,695 8.8 3,677-0.3 837,000 6.1 7,516,000 5.1 6,462 8.6 474-11.6 830,000-5.9 7,837,100-1.4 9,520-9.4 787-53.2 822,200 14.2 7,507,600 18.3 11,001 8.5 1,497-3.7 775,300-7.1 7,638,300 4.3 8,381 0.2 1,356-16.5 774,300 1.4 7,181,600-3.1 5,160 3.8 859 2.9 728,400* 7.1 6,803,700* 7.2 9,678 3.0 2,489 3.3 713,400 2.7 7,241,800 6.2 9,746-0.2 2,741-9.0 635,500 24.3 5,468,600 28.3 9,639 27.7 6,003 34.9 587,500 3.3 4,613,500 4.3 6,601 3.0 462 19.4 583,800 20.0 5,161,900 16.4 9,997 18.6 3,712-9.1 527,100 5.5 5,136,200 13.3 6,680 6.8 1,815 22.6 518,700 2.8 5,336,300 4.3 10,198 2.0 2,631 0.5 500,400 5.5 4,330,900-0.7 3,426 5.9 139-22.5 495,700 1.5 4,733,800 6.4 6,805-4.7 4,330-5.6 491,300 0.7 4,921,000 8.1 7,563 4.9 3,916 10.7 484,400 2.0 4,653,200 2.0 3,805 3.0 612-19.7 404,900 2.7 N/A N/A 5,240 2.6 24,547 14.2 363,300 7.2 3,337,000 6.4 5,954 10.1 6,319 9.8 349,000 6.0 3,992,400 0.4 3,514 0.3 372 0.5 3/11

54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 Airports Bergen (BGO) Fuerteventura (FUE) Bilbao (BIO) Bologna (BLQ) Tenerife Norte (TFN) Malta (MLA) Nuremberg (NUE) Valencia (VLC) Girona (GRO) Milan/Orio al Serio (BGY) Trondheim (TRD) Bordeaux (BOD) Hahn (HHN) Basel-Mulhouse (BSL/ML) Turin (TRN) Stavanger (SVG) Aberdeen (ABZ) Sevilla (SVQ) Menorca (MAH) Rome-Ciampino (CIA) Porto (OPO) Madeira (FNC) Charleroi (CRL) Strasbourg (SXB) Malmo (MMX) Florence (FLR) Passengers January - Commercial movements Freight (metric tones) 342,400 0.8 3,178,500 4.8 5,584-1.3 566 111.2 335,700 3.1 3,285,000 0.3 3,020-4.7 274 1.0 306,200 18.9 2,905,300 20.9 4,308 15.5 354-2.4 301,000-4.3 *** *** 4,595-3.6 2,210-9.2 300,100 17.1 2,798,200 15.9 4,333 14.0 2,094-6.5 285,000 14.0 2,523,900 5.9 3,040 6.9 1,533-6.0 284,700 8.7 2,998,300 11.5 4,501-6.7 841-18.0 284,200 28.5 2,610,400 27.3 4,930 30.6 1,165-5.6 275,800 89.5 2,529,000 106.5 1,903 57.9 15-77.8 274,600 12.0 2,860,900 20.3 3,461-9.3 11,747-6.4 268,400 3.2 2,345,300 7.3 3,909-0.5 191-7.5 259,800 1.5 2,491,700 3.6 4,094-2.1 795 35.6 259,100 11.3 2,342,300 16.4 2,024 4.1 6,721 96.6 256,400 6.6 2,165,200-0.5 5,244 1.8 3,192 15.6 251,100 6.4 2,648,100 12.6 3,667 9.5 251-23.2 246,700-0.4 2,259,600 5.6 3,910-0.1 275-13.3 245,500* 4.7 2,220,500* 4.1 7,020 0.9 327 0.6 245,200 22.3 2,230,700 16.1 3,034 37.6 539 25.2 237,500-3.4 2,507,800-3.0 2,330-12.0 354 18.1 234,000 28.5 2,050,400 38.8 2,207 17.8 1,957 4.9 220,700 8.2 2,559,000 10.8 3,535 3.8 2,195-11.6 189,000 8.5 1,949,700 0.4 1,967 1.7 699-1.0 187,400 13.1 1,734,400 16.8 1,326 6.9 0 N/A 177,900-3.7 1,618,800-6.9 3,579-2.9 47-24.8 162,200-0.5 1,502,500-5.0 2,593 7.2 2,339 0.5 142,100 8.8 N/A N/A 2,303 6.7 247-22.8 4/11

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Airports Southampton (SOU) Stockholm- Bromma (BMA) Riga (RIX) Dubrovnik (DBV) Vilnius (VNO) Humberside (HUY) Bournemouth (BOH) Liege (LGG) Passengers January - Commercial movements Freight (metric tones) 141,200* 16.6 1,309,300* 29.2 3,392 12.9 25 ±0.0 121,600-10.0 1,051,000-2.1 2,729-13.5 3 200.0 97,200 40.8 851,200 41.5 2,313 26.3 322-92.3 94,200 16.8 845,300 24.0 947 21.9 48 9.1 89,800 36.9 843,800 37.4 2,045 39.7 356-16.2 48,800-7.2 480,000 4.1 1,108-9.4 84-31.7 43,900-5.1 426,000 7.5 822-11.2 1,090 9.0 10,900 17.8 N/A N/A 1,860-6.9 29,695-11.8 ----------------------- Preliminary traffic figures ----------------------- *Terminal passengers **Freight & Mail ***Closed two months runway extension Total commercial passengers International passengers (enplaned + deplaned) + domestic passengers (enplaned + deplaned) + direct transit passengers (passengers who arrive at and depart from the airport on a flight bearing the same number. They are counted only ONCE). Commercial movements Landing or take off of an aircraft operating a scheduled or non scheduled commercial service. Freight Freight loaded and unloaded (arriving or departing) at the airport. Freight comprises goods, newspapers, diplomatic bags, parcel post and express parcel. 5/11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The ten largest airports on freight reporting to ACI EUROPE (metric tones) Airports Frankfurt (FRA) Amsterdam (AMS) London Heathrow (LHR) Cologne/Bonn (CGN) Brussels (BRU) Milan-Malpensa (MXP) Madrid (MAD) Zurich (ZRH) Liege (LGG) Nottingham East Midlands (EMA) 160,779 14.1 131,131 10.2 123,581 12.7 55,873 12.5 50,413-4.8 33,188 20.0 30,648 1.1 30,393-7.0 29,695-11.8 24,547 14.2 * Table only includes airports that send statistics regarding freight to ACI EUROPE Group 1 Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (percentage traffic versus and 2002) Airport 2002 LHR +2.0 +4.6 FRA +4.9 +7.4 CDG +3.7 +4.5 AMS +4.0 +5.1 MAD +5.6 +13.2 LGW +8.1 +5.5 FCO +3.1 +8.0 wa* +4.2 +6.5 *weighted average=sum(change*pax)/sum(pax) 16 14 MAD 12 10 8 6 4 LHR FRA CDG AMS LGW FCO wa 2 0 vs vs 2002 6/11

Group 2 Airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers per year (percentage traffic versus and 2002) Airport 2002 MUC +12.8 +16.1 BCN +4.9 +15.9 PMI +16.4 +24.7 ORY +2.8 +2.1 MAN +5.0 +10.0 STN +8.0 +27.4 CPH +5.1 +4.2 ZRH +0.3-2.5 DUB +10.8 +16.5 DUS +10.2 +5.5 MXP +4.1 +10.0 BRU +1.4 +3.5 ARN +6.8-0.8 OSL +7.1 +9.0 ATH +14.0 +21.9 VIE +12.3 +23.7 AGP +6.5 +14.3 wa* +7.5 +11.4 *weighted average=sum(change*pax)/sum(pax) 30 25 20 15 10 5 0-5 MUC BCN PMI ORY MAN STN CPH ZRH DUB DUS MXP BRU ARN ATH OSL VIE AGP wa vs vs 2002 7/11

Group 3 Airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers per year (percentage traffic versus and 2002) Airport 2002 TXL -1.4 +10.2 HAM +3.1 +11.3 DME +10.4 +59.7 HEL +2.1 +10.3 LIS +8.4 +14.5 PRG +27.0 N/A NCE +5.4 +2.2 GLA +8.4 +10.3 CGN +14.3 +62.0 LPA +11.0 +11.3 ALC +6.1 +22.7 BHX -5.9 +4.9 STR +14.2 +17.9 LIN -7.1 +0.7 TFS +1.4 +2.7 EDI +7.1 +15.4 GVA +2.7 N/A LYS +2.8 +6.2 TLS +1.5 +1.4 MRS +0.7 +2.8 ACE +2.0 +3.9 wa* +5.3 +13.5 *weighted average=sum(change*pax)/sum(pax) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0-10 -20 PRG EDI HAM HEL GLA LPA BHX LYS ACE LIN TLS TXL DME LIS NCE CGN ALC STR TFS GVA MRS vs vs 2002 wa 8/11

Group 4 Airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year (percentage traffic versus and 2002) Airport 2002 BUD +24.3 +57.6 HAJ +3.3 +17.2 WAW +20.0 +30.3 VCE +5.5 +28.3 FAO +5.5 +0.6 EMA +2.7 +17.5 GOT +7.2-0.6 IBZ +6.0 +1.4 BGO +0.8 +2.0 FUE +3.1 +3.7 BIO +18.9 +36.5 BLQ -4.3 +3.0 TFN +17.1 +35.4 MLA +14.0 +5.4 NUE +8.7 +3.0 VLC +28.5 +44.1 GRO +89.5 +406.3 BGY +12.0 +219.2 TRD +3.2 +5.1 BOD +1.5-2.8 HHN +11.3 +82.6 BSL/ML +6.6-8.9 TRN +6.4 +35.4 SVG -0.4 +0.6 ABZ +4.7 +2.4 SVQ +22.3 +37.0 MAH -3.4-6.2 CIA +28.5 +93.2 OPO +8.2 +8.3 FNC +8.5 +6.9 CRL +13.1 +44.2 SXB -3.7-6.8 MMX -0.5-14.9 FLR +8.8 +13.8 SOU +16.6 +96.0 BMA -10.0 +7.4 RIX +40.8 +58.5 DBV +16.8 +85.9 VNO +36.9 +62.7 HUY -7.2-7.5 BOH -5.1 +12.2 LGG +17.8 +5.0 wa* +10.6 +20.3 *weighted average=sum(change*pax)/sum(pax) 9/11

100 80 60 40 20 0-20 BIO TFN VLC VCE HAJ EMA BGY IBZ NUE FUE BOD BUD WAW FAO GOT BGO MLA GRO TRD BLQ vs vs 2002 80 60 40 20 0-20 HHN TRN BSL/ML SVG ABZ SVQ MAH CIA OPO FNC CRL MMXFLR SXB SOU BMA RIX DBV VNO HUY vs vs 2002 BOH LGG wa 10/11

Year-to-date airport passenger trends The graphic illustrates and compares the trends of the different airport Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 for. 20 18 15 13 10 8 5 3 0 February January April March May June July September August December November Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 The graphic compares the amount of total commercial passengers with, 2002 and 2001. The airports included, in this graphic, are: London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris Roissy, Amsterdam, London Gatwick, Madrid, Rome-Fiumicino, Barcelona, Manchester, Munich, Paris Orly, Milan-Malpensa, London Stansted, Zurich, Dublin, Copenhagen, Brussels, Stockholm-Arlanda, Vienna, Düsseldorf and Lisbon. 60.000.000 55.000.000 passengers 50.000.000 45.000.000 40.000.000 35.000.000 30.000.000 March February January May April June July December November September August 2001 2002 11/11