ACI Europe: Freight takes the brunt of slowdown
European airports have had a difficult start to 2019, with the freight sector feeling the brunt of the slowdown, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. In the first half of 2019, freight traffic fell by 3.5% compared to 3.3% growth in the same period of 2018, and the outlook is not good. June was […]
ACI Europe: Freight feels the cold November rain
Freight traffic across European airports fell for the first time in three years in November due to the challenging geopolitical and economic environment, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe reports. Among EU airports, freight traffic was down 2.1% and non-EU airports were up 3.6%, with Liege Airport, Istanbul Ataturk and Madrid Airport the only top 10 […]
ACI Europe: Airports continue to see strong growth in Q3
Freight volumes across Europe have grown by 9.5 per cent in the third quarter, continuing the trend seen in the previous quarter, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe reports. European Union (EU) airports grew by 8.4 per cent and non-EU hubs proving stronger with a 16.3 per cent rise during the third quarter. In September, freight […]
European airports have best start to year since 2010
Freight traffic across European airports had their best first half year since 2010 with 8.7 per cent growth, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe reports. Airports inside the European Union (EU) registered growth of 7.8 per cent while those outside were up 14.4 per cent, with major hubs in Turkey and Russia performing well. In Turkey, […]
Europe’s airports call on UK to set detailed Brexit position
The European airport industry today once again warned about Brexit and its potential impact on European air transport, connectivity and the wider economy during a public hearing in the European Parliament in Brussels. The Airport Council International (ACI) Europe says more than a year on from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU), the uncertainty as to what will happen when the UK will […]
ACI Europe: Europe off to booming start in 2017
Freight traffic in Europe continue to fly high with 8.4 per cent year-on-year (YOY) growth in January, helped by improved macro-economic conditions, especially in the Eurozone, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. The association says freight has been particularly strong at non-EU airports, with 13 per cent growth YOY and the EU registered a 7.1 per […]
ACI Europe: European freight jumps 8.7% in October
Freight traffic at European airports has jumped by 8.7 per cent in October, the best monthly performance for over five years, according to figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. The October figure was the best monthly performance since May 2011, with European Union (EU) airports registering an average increase of seven per cent while […]
Brexit and Heathrow runway decision hotly debated at AOA conference
The UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) and the Government’s decision to back Heathrow Airport for a third runway, dominated discussions at the Airport Operators Association (AOA) annual conference today. Delegates at the Hilton London Metropole heard from a range of speakers, including the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling. During a […]
ACI Europe: Freight makes “surprising surge” in September
Freight traffic at European airports rebounded at the strongest rate since May 2011, with a “surprising surge” in September of 7.9 per cent, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe says. Freight grew 4.1 per cent in the third quarter, helped by the September surge, and is up 2.6 per cent on a year-to-date basis. The four […]
IATA and ACI Europe welcome Heathrow expansion decision
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have both cautiously welcomed the UK government’s decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The UK government announced its approval for the third runway almost 14 months after the Airports Commission, which it set up in 2012, published its report recommending […]
ACI Europe: Growth at EU hubs makes up for non-EU decline
Freight volumes grew by 2.3 per cent in July with European Union (EU) airports making up for declines at non-EU hubs, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe says. The association says that freight traffic across all European airports were up 2.3 per cent, with EU hubs registering growth of 1.3 per cent while non-EU airports were […]
ACI Europe: Growth in May but uncertainty ahead
Freight traffic at European airports grew by 2.8 per cent in May, with European Union (EU) hubs making for falls outside the EU, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe says. EU airports grew by 3.8 per cent in May while non-EU hubs were down 4.4 per cent. In the first five months of 2015, freight grew […]
ACI Europe attacks “extraordinary claims” made by A4E
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has hit back at the “extraordinary claim” made by Airlines for Europe (A4E) that airport charges have increased by 80 per cent over the past 10 years. ACI Europe says in reality the top 21 European Union and European Free Trade Association have increased charges by 25.4 per cent in […]
ACI: Europe sees growth in Q1 but March is flat
Airports in Europe have seen freight volumes increase by 2.1 per cent in the first quarter despite March remaining flat, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe says. During the first three months of 2015, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was the busiest hub with volumes increasing by 4.9 per cent to 479,041 tonnes, ahead of Frankfurt […]
European airports see weak growth in 2015
Freight traffic in Europe grew by just 0.7 per cent in 2015 compared to much stronger passenger growth of 5.2 per cent, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Among Europe’s top five freight hubs, only Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport was up on 2015, rising by 3.1 per cent to 748,914 tonnes. Frankfurt Airport remained […]
ACI Europe accuses A4E of being out of touch with reality
The creation of Airlines 4 Europe (A4E) has been strongly criticised by Airports Council International (ACI) Europe’s director general, Olivier Jankovec, who accuses them of not being in touch with reality. The new association, A4E, was set up by the chief executive officers of Air France KLM, easyJet, IAG, Lufthansa Group and Ryanair, to lobby […]
Russia blamed for European airport decline
Airports in Europe have seen volumes fall by 0.6 per cent in November because of large declines at non-European Union hubs, particularly in Russia, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Among non-EU airports, volumes fell by 12.8 per cent because of weakness in Russia, while EU hubs increased by 1.3 per cent. In Russia, […]
ACI: European freight volumes flat with no improvement expected
Airfreight volumes in Europe have been flat so far in 2015 and are unlikely to see any noticeable improvement this year, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. In September, freight volumes increased by 0.2 per cent compared to the same month last year. For the first nine months of 2015, freight is also up […]
Growth remains slow at European airports
Freight volumes at European airports grew by 0.4 per cent year-on-year in August, with Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol the only top five hubs to see growth during the month, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Frankfurt Airport, the largest freight airport in Europe, saw volumes fall by 4.7 per cent to […]
