Bucharest’s Henri Coanda (Otopeni) airport, wherefrom the planes of 37 airlines fly, is by far the country’s biggest airport, with 3.7 million passengers, up 7% against the year-ago period. The airport, which accounted for 70% of total passenger traffic in Romania, is expecting traffic of 8 million passengers by yearend.
Romania’s second largest airport, of Cluj-Napoca, was transited by 517,000 passengers, 11% more than in the first half of last year.
On the other hand, the airport of Timisoara, Romania’s third largest, saw its number of passengers slide by 20%. The traffic decline was generated by the exit of Carpatair, which entered insolvency in early 2014. While on the passenger side, the airport lost business, it is now trying to develop the freight traffic segment.
The airports of Sibiu, Oradea, Arad and Satu Mare also registered falling traffic, by 5%, according to ZF calculations. On the other hand, low-cost flights boosted traffic on Targu-Mures and Craiova airports in the first six months.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)