Traffic Figures
1,804,038 passengers were handled at Zurich Airport during December 2011, a gain of 4.2% versus December 2010. The full year 2011 passenger growth stands at +6.4% compared to 2010.
O&D or local passengers (originating or departing from Zurich) increased by 4.2% to 1,144,160 compared to previous December (YTD +7.4%). Transfer passengers increased by 4.6% to 654,216 in December (YTD +4.5%). The transfer rate which was at 36.2% last December is currently at 36.3% (YTD 34.0%).
The current low cost passenger market share is at 10.6% (YTD 11.2%), showing an increase in passenger figures of 8.8% (YTD +9.5%) versus previous year.
Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) increased by 1.7% to 20,911 in December versus previous year (YTD +3.8%). The increase divides into a gain of 5.0% for airlines (YTD +4.7%) and a loss of 17.6% for general aviation and others (YTD -1.3%).
The average Passenger per Movement figure (airline passengers only) currently is at 97.8 (98.4 previous year) or 102.0 YTD (100.4 previous year). The average seat load factor saw a decrease of 1.0 percentage point to 69.4% (YTD 72.8%).
Traffic Figures December 2011 (pdf, 0,40 MB)
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Commercial Activities
Total turnover (net sales to consumers) during December was CHF 44.9m (0.0% versus previous year). Turnover per departing passenger in December was CHF 49.8, which is 4.1 percent lower than last year. Year to date December, total turnover saw a decrease of 0.6% to CHF 479.3m and turnover per departing passenger decreased by 6.5% to CHF 39.4.
Commercial Figures December 2011 (pdf, 0,20 MB)
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