Passenger traffic grew by 4.9 per cent in July to highest-ever figure
Budapest, 17 August, 2006. – Budapest Airport handled 920,590 passengers in July, a 4.9% or 43,245 passenger increase on the same month in 2005. This is the highest-ever monthly total for passengers travelling through Ferihegy. For the 12 months to July 2006, total passenger traffic reached 8.196 million a 10.3% rise over the same period last year.
In July 2006, the number of air transport movements decreased by 0.4%, to 11,891 movements, compared with the same period last year. In the 12 months to July 2006, Ferihegy handled 127,151 air transport movements, a rise of 2.3% on the previous 12-month period.
Budapest Airport CEO Stewart Wingate said: “Budapest Airport is having a record summer, with strong growth in the number of passengers travelling through Ferihegy. This is fantastic news for Hungary’s tourist industry, because many more overseas passengers are travelling to Hungary for leisure than Hungarian residents are travelling abroad.”
| July 2006 | % Change | 12 months to July 2006 | % Change | |
| Passengers (000s) | 920.6 | +4.9% | 8,196.0 | +10.3% |
| Air transport movements | 11,891 | -0.4% | 127,151 | +2.3% |
Further information:
Domokos Szollar
Corporate Communications
Budapest Airport
t.: 30/677 45 82
Notes to editors:
A small statistical error has been discovered, in which airline statistics provided to Budapest Airport have historically double-counted passengers on some code-share flights. This means that Budapest Airport’s reported passenger statistics have been historically overstated by a range of between 4,000 and 16,000 passengers per month. This error has now been corrected, and Budapest Airport is therefore restating its passenger figures from January 2004, removing the statistical error.
Although the restated monthly passenger figures are marginally lower than those previously published, the underlying growth is unchanged and Budapest Airport continues to grow strongly.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| January | 335,553 | 447,009 | 506,461 |
| February | 325,33 | 427,507 | 465,578 |
| March | 404,503 | 574,391 | 585,13 |
| April | 480,314 | 628,343 | 673,101 |
| May | 534,646 | 697,993 | 735,528 |
| June | 601,816 | 766,319 | 795,775 |
| July | 698,328 | 877,345 | 920,59 |
| August | 734,746 | 883,31 | |
| September | 678,683 | 822,17 | |
| October | 630,548 | 729,048 | |
| November | 499,038 | 560,918 | |
| December | 469,302 | 518,412 | |
| Total | 6,392,807 | 7,932,765 | 4,682,163 |