Polish airports checked in 40.2 million passengers in January-September 2023. – 6.8 % more than in the same period of 2019 and 30.1 % more than in 2022. During this period, carriers performed a total of 287,500 flight operations. This is 5.5 % less than in 2019, but 16.3 % more than in the three quarters of 2022, reported the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

The largest number of passengers in January-September 2023 was provided by Warsaw Chopin Airport with 14.1 million passengers, John Paul II Krakow-Balice International Airport with 7.1 million passengers and Lech Wałęsa Gdansk Airport with 4.5 million passengers.

Among the carriers, in the first three quarters of 2023, the largest number of passengers used the services of Ryanair – 12.2 million passengers; PLL LOT – 8.9 million passengers and Wizz Air – 7.9 million passengers. The largest increases in passenger traffic relative to the first three quarters of 2019 were shown by Ryanair (+3.2 million passengers), Wizz Air (+716.3 thousand), Enter Air (+494.9 thousand), and compared to the same period in 2022: Wizz Air (+2.3 million), Ryanair (+2.2 million passengers) and PLL LOT (+2.1 million).

On international routes, 37.3 million passengers were carried from January to September 2023 (+30.4 % to 2022 and +7.3 % to 2019). There were 247,200 flight operations (+18.3 % to 2022 and -5.5 % to 2019). In domestic traffic, 2.9 million passengers were checked in between January and September (+26.2 % to 2022 and +1.2 % to 2019). The largest number of travellers used: PLL LOT (2.4 million) and Ryanair (537.6 thousand).

In scheduled international and domestic traffic, a total of 34.2 million passengers were carried between January and September 2023 (+28.6 % to 2022 and +3.3 % to 2019). Most passengers travelled to the UK (5.8 million passengers, +1.3 million by 2022), Italy (2.9 million, +636.3 thousand by 2022) and Germany (2.9 million, +726.1 thousand by 2022).

Arkadiusz Słomczyński