The company’s net profit doubled to RON34.9 million (EUR7.8 million) in January-March.
The evolution of the company’s turnover is in line with the evolution of the air traffic registered by Henri Coanda (Otopeni) and Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) airports in the first quarter. The two airports saw a 15.5% increase in traffic to a record high of 1.8 million passengers. During this period, the number of aircraft movements rose 12.6%.
The Henri Coanda Bucuresti International Airport places third in the Airports Council International-Europe ranking of airports seeing the highest increase in air traffic in the first quarter of 2015, in the 5 – 10 million passenger tier.
In 2014, the airport company’s net profit rose over 50% to RON106 million and its turnover grew 11% to RON646 million. For 2015, the company expects a turnover of RON671.2 million and a net profit of RON44.3 million.
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday said the government started proceedings to list the Bucharest airport company and the initial public offering is expected to be held on both a local and a foreign market.