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Presentation
Montpellier Méditerranée Airport is:
- the 9th French airport and the 1st airport in Languedoc Roussillon
- More than 1,300,000 passengers were carried in 2005
- 3 regular airlines (Air France, British Airways, Ryanair)
- More than 50 destinations in France (including 14 daily flights
to Paris), Europe and throughout the world
- A trading zone of 2.5 million inhabitants within a radius of 90 minutes access time
- A strong geographical position on the Mediterranean Arc, on the European North/South
route and representing a gateway to the Mediterranean.
- 4.42 square kilometres in area, with a substantial land reserve
- Two runways measuring 1,000 and 2,600 m
- 2,400 parking spaces
- 7,300 metric tons of cargo and mail
- 1,800 people working on the site
- 80 companies working on the airport platform
- Turnover of 18 million euros
- ISO 9001 and 14001 certification
Key traffic data for 2005
Montpellier, which had been one of the aiports that suffered the most in France
from the difficult economic conditions of the previous year, has succeeded in recovering
its profits considerably, with a summer period that attained positive traffic results.
Also this summer, the airport recorded 251,251 passengers for the months of
July and August 2005 alone, or an increase of 4,51% in comparison with summer 2004.
this increase is due in part to the maintaining of good results for existing destinations,
and also, the Montpellier Airport, always in search of new influxes, has encouraged
aerial company initiatives. The opening of new line with the Sterling Company
to Copenhagen and Nowegian to Oslo contributed largely to this summer's
positive results.
Nevertheless, Montpellier, whice had strengthened its traffic to the Maghreb region
of North Africa with the addition of Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca
and the return of summertime weekly flights by Air Algeria to Oran and Alger,
once again suffered the consequences of the bankruptcy of an aerial company :
Air Horizons, in November.
Air France's inauguration of the Montpellier-Lyon route in October
stabilized traffc for the airport, which is now linked to the Lyon hub via three
daily links to45 destinations, 19 of which are European.
Following these events, traffic registered a drop of 1.60% for the year 2005,
or around 21,148 passengers, basically due to the loss at Paris Orly
of almost 50,000 passengers (-6.4%), of which only half were recovered by the TGV.
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Commerciaux |
2005 |
2004 |
Variation |
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Réguliers |
1 259 897 |
1 302 679 |
-3,28% |
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Non Réguliers |
43 605 |
21 974 |
-98,44% |
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TOTAL (Hors Transit) |
1 303 502 |
1 324 650 |
-1,60% |
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National |
1 004 568 |
1 049 526 |
-4,28% |
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Européens |
258 925 |
260 393 |
-0,56% |
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International |
40 009 |
14 731 |
171,60% |
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TOTAL (Hors Transit) |
1 303 502 |
1 324 650 |
-1,60% |
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Arrivées |
653 914 |
662 157 |
-1,24% |
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Départs |
649 588 |
662 493 |
-1,95% |
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TOTAL (Hors Transit) |
1 303 502 |
1 324 650 |
-1,60% |
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TRANSIT (Compté une fois) |
7 411 |
2 730 |
171,47% |
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TOTAL avec TRANSIT |
1 327 383 |
1 568 382 |
-1,24% |
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- -9% for cargo
- -10% for mail
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Année |
Poste
(en tonnes) |
Variation |
Fret
(avionné + camionné,
en tonnes) |
Variation |
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2000 |
3967 |
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3951 |
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2001 |
4155 |
4.74% |
7377 |
+86.7% |
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2002 |
4563 |
9.82% |
4426 |
-40% |
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2003 |
4004 |
-12.24% |
3270 |
-26% |
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2004 |
3602 |
-10% |
2962 |
-9% |
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2005
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3583
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-1%
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3458
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17%
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Air France : -2.88% // 976.000 passengers
- Competition on the line Béziers / Paris operated by Air Linair since May.
- Cancellation of one frequency to Paris CDG in comparison with 2004.
- Getting back Air Littoral passengers going to regional destinations throught Paris.
Regional : +94.27% // 37.272 passengers
- A second frequency to Clermont-Ferrand, with a correspondance for cities beforehanded
by Air Littoral.
- Connexions with Nantes since May.
Britair : +7.89% // 17.156 passengers
- Keeping the same programme to Rennes ( one daily flight)
Ryanair : +7.10% // 199.525 passengers
- One more frequency to london Stansted since June.
- Important drop of the Francfort programme since October,31st, going from 7 to
weekly flight , because of air fleet troubles and their maintenance.
British Airways : -10.64% // 54.623 passengers
Following an important drop of frequancies of the winter programme (2003/2004)
from Montpellier to London Gatwick, strengthening in summer 2004.
Air Horizon : 1.031 passengers
- Opening the line Casablanca on October,27th and Marrakesh on december,20th
CHARTER TRAFFIC AND NON-REGULAR FLIGHTS : -16.71% // 21.974 passengers
Air Exel : 2.215 passengers on the line Strasbourg from july,2nd to September,15th
Air Algérie : 4.211 passengers on the seasonal lines : Oran and Alger
Cimber Air : 3.031 passengers on the seasonal line Copenhague
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