“The growth in passenger numbers on the two airports considerably exceeds the general trend in Europe,” the company said in a statement, adding that aircraft movements rose 8.7% on the year in the half of 2015, to 52,116 takeoffs and landings.
The airport company also said the 12.58% increase in passenger numbers lays the ground for reaching the threshold of 9 million passengers for the whole of 2015.
The Henri Coanda Airport registered 4,215,314 passengers and 46,426 aircraft movements. The airport is operated by 31 airlines flying to 70 destinations.
In 2014, Bucharest’s airports had a passenger traffic of 8.32 million and 102,048 aircraft movements.
The Bucharest Airport Company became operational in 2010, following the merger of the two companies managing the capital city’s airports, and is owned by the Transport Ministry.