9.39 million passengers in May 2025 at the two Paris airports ofOrly and Roissy-CDG. This represents growth of 3.3% compared with May 2024.. But above all a figure that exceeds 1.8 %5 years after the start of the Covid crisis, the result for May 2019.
In fact, growth is entirely driven by Orly airport. En May 2025, the airport south of Paris recorded 3.18 million passengers. An increase of 6.7 % compared with May 2024. But above all, a remarkable increase of 15% compared with May 2019.
CDG posted a more modest growth rate: +1.7% compared with the same month in 2024 and a recovery rate of 96.1% compared with 2019 figures.
In detail, domestic traffic continues to decline 1.5% in MayThis represents only 72.3% of the traffic recorded in May 2019. Europe recorded an increase of 3.5% in May, exceeding its pre-Covid level.
Very strong growth in Asia-Pacific and Latin America
Also in May, the Middle East, North America and Africa exceeded the pre-Covid figures. Africa is experiencing the strongest recovery of any continent. Traffic levels in May were 53.1% its 2019 performance. North America, meanwhile, is almost 11% above its 2019 level.
If Asia-Pacific and Latin America, meanwhile, are posting the strongest growth rates. in May 2025 (at +12.9% and +14.3% respectively), the two market segments remain the furthest from their May 2019 performance. Passenger numbers remain 8.1% lower on the Paris-Latin America route and 7.9% lower on the Paris-Asia/Pacific route.
All in all, Paris airports handled 41.65 million passengers between January and May 2025. This represents an increase of 4.6 % compared with the same period in 2024.
