The number of checked-in passengers has increased at Václav Havel Airport Prague year-on-year
27.01.2015Company: Amcham
11,149,926 passengers checked in at Václav Havel Airport Prague last year. This is a 1.6% increase in comparison with 2013 when nearly 11 million passengers walked through the airport gates. The trend of the last years has continued and the number of local passengers for whom Prague was the starting or final destination has risen. When compared to the previous year, the number increased by 5.68%, and thus broke the historic record of 2008.
“Prague is attracting more and more passengers despite a significant decrease in passengers from Russian destinations and the countries of the former CIS* we have accomplished a year-on-year increase in the number of checked-in passengers. It is the result of a series of positive influences. There are more passengers on regular flights and the number of passengers from countries other than the Eastern ones has risen. One of the important factors has been intensive negotiations with airlines, some of which chose Prague as one of their destinations in the last year such as Adria Airways, Air Transat, flydubai, Pegasus Airlines, Ryanair and Transavia France”, said Václav Řehoř, Chairman of Board of Directors of Czech Aeroholding, the exclusive shareholder of Prague Airport Plc.
In 2014, 54 airlines were flying to Prague with regular services to 119 destinations in total. Most passengers travelled to Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy and France. The airports where planes headed most frequently were Charles de Gaulle Paris Airport, Sheremetyevo Moscow Airport, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Heathrow, London. Stansted Airport, London, has become a “Breakthrough Destination” among the destinations with the greatest increase in passengers.
The most passengers in one month walked through the airport in August when 1,263,559 passengers checked in. 17 August was a record-breaking day when 47,580 passengers checked in or out. Vaclav Havel Airport Prague checked in 30,548 passengers and 344 takeoffs and landings on average every day.
Operational indicators in 2014
Number of passengers 11,149,926 2013/2014 change +1.60%
Number of movements 125,437 2013/2014 change -2.48%
These statistics show that planes with larger capacity were flying to Prague and there were more passengers on individual flights. Therefore the increase in the number of passengers was not followed by a percentage rise in the number of movements (takeoffs and landings).
TOP countries:
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1. Great Britain
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1,302,100 passengers
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+7.83%
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2. Germany
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1,055,087 passengers
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-3.70%
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3. Russian Federation
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1,004,449 passengers
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-9.37%
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4. Italy
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900,445 passengers
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+4.03%
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5. France
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848,078 passengers
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-9.38%
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TOP destinations:
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1. Charles de Gaulle, Paris
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676,727 passengers
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-11.13%
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2. Sheremetyevo, Moscow
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592,847 passengers
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-7.01%
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3. Frankfurt
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509,523 passengers
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+1.78%
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4. Amsterdam
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454,221 passengers
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+3.25%
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5. Heathrow, London
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414,601 passengers
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+0.34%
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* CIS –Commonwealth of Independent States
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