Aéroports de Paris September 2009 traffic figures

Passenger traffic

In September 2009, passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris dropped by 4.0% compared with September 2008. Paris airports handled a total of 7.1 million passengers divided up between 5 million for Paris-Charles de Gaulle (-4.3%) and 2.1 million for Paris-Orly (-3.4%).

· International traffic (excluding Europe) decreased by 2.4%. Traffic on routes to and from increased by 1.1%. Traffic on North American routes fell by 4.5% while Latin America dropped by 7.1%. On Middle Eastern and Asian routes, traffic dropped by 2.4% and 1.9% respectively.

· European traffic (excluding France) fell by 5.7% including -4.8% on Schengen routes and -9.8% for the British and Irish markets.

· Domestic traffic stood at -3.6%.

· The number of connecting passengers was stable in September 2009 compared with September 2008 with a connecting rate of 26.8% (against 25.9% in September 2008).

For the first nine months of the year, passenger traffic decreased by 5.4%. For the same period, the number of connecting passengers decreased by 3.8% resulting in a connecting rate of 24.5% (against 24.1% for the first nine months of 2008).

Aircraft movements

The number of aircraft movements saw a 6.0% decrease in September 2009 year on year (-7.0% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and -3.7% at Paris-Orly). The passenger load factor reached 74.94% compared with 73.55% in September 2008.