Traffic on the Otopeni airport rose by 7.9% in the first five months, which is one of the highest increases in the region.
The Budapest airport served almost 5.9 milion passengers, 7% more, while Warsaw 5.8 million, 8.7% more compared with the year-ago period.
Bucharest is therefore closing the gap to Budapest fast, but the latter has a much higher tourist traffic. Budapest is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Eastern Europe, while Bucharest relies on Romanians working abroad, those who go on vacation abroad and businesspeople.
Henri Coanda served 9.9% more passengers in May compared with the year-ago month or 1.29 million. This was the highest growth in the region in May, ZF has found from ACI Europe data.
Traffic on this airport stood at 13.8 million passengers in 2018, 8% higher than in 2017, though the growth rate was slower than the 16% and 18% rates of 2017 and 2016.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)