Postive Traffic Development

Leipzig/Halle Airport recorded significant growth in passenger numbers during the final months of 2011. The number of passengers in November and December rose by 7.7 and 12.3 percent respectively, compared to the two months in the previous year.
Overall, 2,266,743 passengers passed through Leipzig/Halle Airport last year. This figure was 3.7 percent lower than in the previous year. The reason for this was particularly the decline in passenger numbers flying to holiday destinations in Egypt and Tunisia as a result of the political unrest there. This drop in demand at an airport, where holiday-makers account for up to two thirds of total passenger numbers, had a particularly strong effect.
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport set a new record for the seventh year in succession. The airport handled 760,344.6 tonnes in all, the equivalent of a growth rate of 14.7 percent. Leipzig/Halle Airport thereby underlined its position as Germany’s second-largest freight hub and reinforced its standing as one of the most important air freight handling centres in Europe at the same time.
The number of aircraft movements also rose and grew by three percent to a total figure of 64,097 take-offs and landings.