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Europe/Amsterdam

Traffic and transport figures for October 2018

In October of this year, 6.4 million passengers flew from, to or via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The number of passenger flights increased by 1% and the number of cargo flights fell by 10.7% compared to October 2017. The total number of passengers rose by 2.5%. The number of passengers who started or ended their journey at Schiphol increased by 2.8% and the number of transfer passengers was up 2.1%. Average aircraft size increased by 2.7 seats. The load factor remained virtually unchanged (85.7%).

Cargo

Over the past October, cargo flights were down 10.7% on the same period last year. Due to a higher cargo volume on board of passenger flights (+4.0%), the total volume of transported cargo was down by 1.6% compared to October 2017.

Passenger destinations

In October, nearly 4.6 million passengers travelled to or from European destinations, up 1.1% on the same period last year. Due to an increase in flights to Reykjavik, the number of passengers travelling to Iceland increased by 18%. Traffic to Poland also grew by 18%, with Gdansk and Krakow receiving more flights than last year. Fewer passengers travelled to and from the Mediterranean destinations Greece (-8%) and Spain (-4%).

The growth in destinations outside Europe continued with a 6.3% rise this month over October 2017, reaching a total of 1.8 million passengers. Growth destinations include India (+41%, with the new destination of Bangalore and an increase in flights to Mumbai), Brazil (+15%, partly due to the new destination of Fortaleza) and the United States (+11%, partly due to more frequent flights to New York).

Click here for the complete overview of traffic and transport figures for October 2018.