Busiest ever July at Chopin Airport

Chopin Airport saw another record month in July, with 1.084 million passengers handled.

Passenger volumes increased by 8.8% year-on-year, making July the busiest month ever in the history of the Warsaw airport. The number of aircraft movements fell compared to June 2012, standing at 13,300 (up 2.1% on July 2011).

In total, the airport welcomed over 5.8 million passengers from January to July 2012 (+4% on 2011), including 983,000 travelling on domestic flights, 63.2% more than in the corresponding period a year before.

Chopin Airport is the biggest airport in Poland, handling scheduled, charter, cargo and general aviation traffic. In 2011, the airport welcomed 9.3 million passengers, nearly 43% of Poland’s total passenger traffic (138,600 aircraft movements).