14.01.2013Zurich Airport Key Figures - December 2012

Traffic Figures: 1,788,900 passengers were handled at Zurich Airport during December 2012, a loss of 0.8% versus December 2011. The full year 2012 passenger growth stands at +1.9% compared to 2011.

O&D local passengers decreased by 0.2% to 1,142,005 compared to previous December (YTD +1.6%). Transfer passengers decreased by 2.0% to 641,012 in December (YTD +2.5%). The transfer rate which was at 36.3% last December is currently at 35.9% (YTD 34.2%).

The current low cost passenger market share is at 8.5% (YTD 10.4%), showing a decrease in passenger figures of 19.7% (YTD -5.1%) versus previous year.

Air traffic movements (ATMs) decreased by 4.4% to 19,994 in December versus previous year (YTD -3.2%). The decrease divides into a loss of 4.2% for airlines (YTD -2.3%) and a loss of 5.7% for general aviation and others (YTD -8.6%).

The average passenger per movement figure (airline passengers only) currently is at 101.2 (97.8 previous year) or 106.4 YTD (102.0 previous year). The average seat load factor saw an increase of 1.4 percentage points to 70.8% (YTD 74.4%).

  • Traffic Figures December 2012(pdf, 0,40 MB)

  • Document Traffic Figures December 2012

Commercial Activities

Total turnover (net sales to consumers) during December was CHF 47.8m (+6.6% versus previous year). Turnover per departing passenger in December was CHF 53.5, which is 7.7 percent higher than last year. Year to date December, total turnover saw an increase of 7.9 percent to CHF 517.2m and turnover per departing passenger increased by 5.9 percent to CHF 41.7.

  • Commercial Figures December 2012(pdf, 0,20 MB)

  • Document Commercial Figures December 2012


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