Flughafen Zürich AG announced earnings results for the financial year 2015. For the period the company announced that revenue increased by 2.6% year on year, from CHF 963.5 million to CHF 989.0 million. Of the total revenue, approximately 60% or CHF 597.4 million is attributable to aviation operations up by 3.9% compared to a year ago. The rise in aviation revenue is due primarily to the further strong growth in local passenger numbers. Non-aviation revenue increased by 0.8% to CHF 391.6 million. In commercial operations, the Swiss National Bank's decision on January 15, 2015, to abolish the minimum exchange rate to the Euro, had a negative impact mainly on airside. By contrast, landside commercial operations pleasantly increased by 3.6%. Facility management revenue amounted to CHF 122.4 million in total down by 0.8% compared to a year ago. Service revenue increased by 4.5% to CHF 52.5 million mainly due to company's airport projects abroad. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were CHF 20.7 million down on the prior-year figure to CHF 502.8 million due to the one-off effects. Adjusted for the one-off effects, EBITDA came to CHF 547.5 million up by 4.6% compared to a year ago and the EBITDA margin to 55.4% compared to 54.3% compared to a year ago. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) fell from CHF 294.6 million to CHF 274.6 million. Adjusted for the one-off effects, EBIT amounted to CHF 319.3 million up by 8.4% compared to a year ago. Adjusted for the one-off effects, profit was up CHF 9.4 million on the previous year to CHF 215.3 million. Including the one-off effects, profit was CHF 26.1 million down on the prior-year figure to CHF 179.8 million.

For the year 2015 the company announced that Zurich Airport served a total of 26,281,228 passengers. The number of local passengers rose by 6.0% to 18.7 million. At the same time, the number of transfer passengers fell by 3.3% to 7.5 million. The percentage of transfer passengers thus declined from 30.3% in 2014 to 28.5% in 2015. The average number of passengers per flight rose from 110 to 114, and the seat load factor went up by 1.2% to 76.8% in 2015. In the financial year 2015, the total number of flight movements of 265,095 was roughly on a par with the previous year.

For the financial year 2016 the company expects, a rise in passenger volumes of around 3% and continued above-average growth in the number of local passengers. Excluding the one-off effects in financial year 2015 and any further extraordinary factors, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will likely be down on the prior-year figure due to the reduction in airport charges expected to take effect in the third quarter of 2016. Owing to higher depreciation and amortization expenses, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) are also expected to be down, as is profit excluding noise-related items.