Bucharest Airports National Company recorded, at Henri Coandă International Airport Bucharest and Bucharest-Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, an air traffic of 12.610.247 passengers, an increase of 82.2% compared to 2021, and 120.745 aircraft movements - landings plus takeoffs - up 30,7% from the previous year.
The total number of passengers in 2022 is thus approaching the maximum, recorded in 2019 (14.8 million passengers), representing over 85% of it. Regarding the number of aircraft movements, it represents approx. 83% of the record value of 145.002 moves, also recorded in 2019.
From this total, 12.601.679 passengers and 102.136 aircraft movements were registered at Henri Coandă Airport.
Traffic figures in 2022 are higher than forecast, a situation encountered throughout commercial aviation and indicating a faster recovery than market expectations after the two pandemic years (2021 – 2022) in which both airports and airlines were severely affected, as well as related businesses.