Growth is on the cards in France, both internationally and in the domestic market. According to DGACAir transport growth was underpinned by growth on international routes, up 6.7% over the first half. The international traffic continues to account for the bulk of the country's air traffic: with 61.5 million passengers carried in the first half of the year, it passed the sixty million mark for the first time. The international market share was 80%. L'European Union alone generates 35.6 million passengers, giving it a market share of 47.3%. It is in fact the most dynamic market segment, along with Africaup 6.8%.
The latter continent is driven by a Improved traffic to Tunisia and Morocco. Air transport to and from these two markets rose by 14.5% and 10.7% respectively. In Europe, the Russia saw remarkable growth of 17.6%, with the United Kingdom of 7.5% and Germany of 6.3%. The Turkey continues to mark time, with a fall of 6%.
The upturn in domestic market has continued since the start of the year. Year-to-date, traffic growth came to +2.8 % over the first half of the year, with variable increases depending on the component, ranging from +5.7 % on metropolitan cross-Channel services to +1.6 % on radial services, routes to and from the United Kingdom and Germany. Paris.
However, the growth in air transport is not translating into a return to normal traffic levels. balance between French and foreign flags. In the first half of the year, French airlines accounted for only 33% of all international passengers (compared with 33.4% in the first half of 2016) and 42.7% of all passengers (43.6% in the first half of 2016). However, June saw a slight increase for the French flag.
Looking at airport results over the first half of the year, the best performances were achieved by the "Atlantic axis" airports. Absolute champions, Toulouse saw its passenger traffic soar, with an increase of 15.2%, Nantes rose by 12.9% and Bordeaux by 8.3%. With this rate of growth, passenger traffic at Toulouse should exceed that of Bordeaux for the first time. Marseille over the year as a whole. Elsewhere in France, Lyon continues to post excellent results, with traffic up 8.1%, while Roissy is picking up again, with passenger numbers up by 5.2% between January and June. After two years of decline, Strasbourg was also up, with +4.6% in the first half (including +16.4% for the second quarter). Among the major French airports, Beauvais continued to fall (-8.61TP3Q), dropping below the two million passenger mark, while Lille posted a 3% drop with 846,000 passengers. In the first half of 2016, the airport recorded a huge jump in its activity, linked to the diversion of some of the traffic from Brussels National Airport, in the wake of theattack on Belgian platform. Adjusted for this factor, passenger growth in Lille would have been over 7% in the first half of the year.
Finally, there is some good news for passengers: the DGCA has noted a reduction in the number of passengers on board. reduction in average delays. In June 2017, 28.4% of all flights had a delay of more than 15 minutes, while aircraft had an average departure delay of 15.7 minutes for all flights combined. This represents 5.1 points less for the delayed flight rate and -3.4 minutes of average delay compared with June 2016. However, June 2016 was marked by a air transport strike...
