Copenhagen Airport set a new passenger record in 2012

Copenhagen Airport set a new record of 23,336,187 passengers in 2012, in spite
of a number of airline bankruptcies during the year. Passenger numbers rose by
a total of 2.7% year on year. 

Passenger numbers at Copenhagen Airport reached a new record high in 2012 at
23.3 million passengers. International traffic was up 5.3% and was the main
growth driver, and an increase in the number of transfer passengers also lifted
the performance. 

"The significant 7.3% increase in the number of transfer passengers and the
10.3% increase in the number of intercontinental passengers shows that we have
strengthened our international position as the key northern European transport
hub. Five major bankruptcies among European airlines in 2012 had a direct
impact on operations at Copenhagen Airport, but we were still able to generate
strong growth. That is a very satisfactory performance," said Thomas Woldbye,
CEO of Copenhagen Airport. 

December saw a minor year-on-year drop in passenger numbers, probably because
many people took a long Christmas holiday away from the Danish winter weather
and did not return until in early 2013. There was almost 60,000 more departing
than arriving passengers, which is unusual. 

The number of take-offs and landings was down 4.2% in 2012. Compared with the
increase in passenger numbers, this means that the airlines had better load
factors and used larger aircraft in 2012, which is a positive factor.