ACI: Passenger traffic comes closest ever to full recovery in January ‘23

Zurich Airport reports 898’084 passengers in January 2022

In January 2022, 898’084 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to an increase of 212.1% compared to last year. Passenger levels are 42.1% of those reached in January 2019.

In January, the number of local passengers was 622’334. Transfer passengers amounted to 30.4%, equal to 271’978 passengers. 

Year on year, air traffic movements increased by 129.4% to 12’741 takeoffs or landings. A monthly comparison shows that air traffic movements are at 58.8% of the 2019 level. The average passenger per movement figure increased to 89.6 (+12.9% vs. the previous year). The average seat load factor was at 54.4% (+8.8 percentage points vs. the previous year). 

A total of 32’236 tons of freight were transported at Zurich Airport during the month of January. This led to an increase in freight volume of 36.1% compared to last year. Compared to January 2019, freight volume decreased by 8.2%.