Travellers flocked through the airport terminals in April. At 1.8 million passengers, the Easter month became the busiest month at
Air travel is on the road to recovery, and the effect is really noticeable at
'It's great to see that people have an appetite for travel again - and are in fact able to get away. It felt quite hectic during the Easter holidays with very high passenger numbers. The airport, the shops and our eateries are again drawing in lots of customers,' says Chief Commercial Officer
The number of seats filled on the aircraft tells the same story, as the load factor rose from less than 50 to 70 per cent in the first four months of the year.
Busy training new staff
The growing number of travellers in and around the Easter week also meant periods of longer waiting times at security. The main reason was a lack of staff, as it takes several months to train newcomers, and the vetting procedures imposed by various authorities are lengthy.
'A lot of travellers from
'We're in full swing training our many new staff members, and very soon we'll be fully staffed and ready for the summer season,' he says.
Traffic still well short of pre-COVID levels
Although the number of travellers at the airport has more than doubled - from 820,000 to 1.8 million - in the first four months of the year, there is still a way to go before numbers are back to pre-pandemic levels.
Just over five million passengers passed through the terminals at
Since the crisis hit in
The April traffic data shows that air travel in
For the third straight month,
Country-wise,
'Judging by the steadily rising numbers of passengers since January, it promises to be a busy summer at CPH, and we expect European traffic to approach normal levels. Despite the war in
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