Romanian airports see more than 26 million passengers in 2024
<p>A total of 26,033,372 passengers transited Romanian airports last year, a 6% increase compared to 2023, according to <a href="https://airportaar.ro/comunicat-de-presa-traficul-de-pasageri-inregistrat-de-aeroporturile-din-romania-in-2024" rel="noopener" target="_blank">data </a>from the Romanian Airports Association (AAR).</p>

<p>The number of passengers traveling to international destinations increased by 7% compared to the previous year, while the number of passengers on domestic flights decreased by 6%, the AAR data show.</p>

<p>Of the total number of passengers who transited Romanian airports after Romania joined the Schengen airspace, 70% traveled within the Schengen area, and 30% traveled to/from non-Schengen destinations.</p>

<p>Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest’s main one, saw the largest share of passengers in 2024: 15.9 million.</p>

<p>The airport in Cluj had 3.2 million passengers, while the one in Iași had 2.19 million passengers.</p>

<p>The airport in Timișoara ranks fourth, with 1.3 million passengers in 2024, followed by the one in Suceava, with 746,600 passengers.</p>

<p>The airports in Sibiu and Bacău had more than 500,000 passengers each: 573,918 and 559,644 respectively.</p>

<p>In southern Romania, the airport in Craiova had more than 424,000 passengers, while the one in Brașov, which opened in 2023, had close to 227,900 passengers.</p>

<p>Cargo air traffic increased by 4% last year, while the number of aircraft movements (landings and take-offs) increased by 3%.</p>

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<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com</em></p>