The number of passengers travelling by air increased by 7.8% in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2025, reaching 7,730,600 passengers, up from 7,173,400, according to data compiled by the National Institute of Statistics.
The largest shares of passenger traffic were recorded at Henri Coandă Bucharest Airport, with 2,156,200 passengers boarding and 2,134,700 disembarking, Avram Iancu Cluj-Napoca Airport, with 489,900 passengers boarding and 478,700 disembarking, and Iaşi International Airport, with 266,700 passengers boarding and 263,200 disembarking.
In international passenger transport, the top ten origin airports — from which passengers disembarking in Romania originated — ranked by the number of passengers on scheduled services were: London Luton (252,778 passengers), Milan Bergamo (188,735 passengers), Istanbul International (121,643 passengers), Brussels Charleroi (120,880 passengers), Rome Fiumicino (111,291 passengers), Barcelona (86,348 passengers), Madrid Barajas (85,272 passengers), Bologna (84,962 passengers), Memmingen (84,520 passengers) and Dortmund (84,379 passengers).
As regards departures, the largest numbers of passengers on scheduled services boarded flights to: London Luton (251,456 passengers), Milan Bergamo (190,283), Istanbul International (119,877), Brussels Charleroi (117,992 passengers), Rome Fiumicino (111,480), Barcelona (88,339), Memmingen (87,409), Vienna (87,281), Bologna (85,643), Dortmund (85,218 passengers), Munich (84,216), Madrid Barajas (83,498), and Paris Beauvais (79,902 passengers).
The main countries of origin, based on the airport of origin, from which passengers on scheduled flights disembarking in Romania arrived were: Italy – 756,225 passengers, Germany – 454,076 passengers, the United Kingdom – 446,454 passengers, Spain – 345,131 passengers, France – 221,579 passengers, Turkey – 160,967 passengers, Belgium – 136,259 passengers, the Netherlands – 109,824 passengers, and Greece – 108,263 passengers.
By country of destination, the largest numbers of passengers on scheduled services boarded flights to Italy (767,100 passengers), Germany (466,523 passengers), the United Kingdom (445,411 passengers), Spain (346,549 passengers), France (222,421 passengers), Turkey (163,815 passengers), Belgium (133,800 passengers), Greece (124,307 passengers), the Netherlands (110,729 passengers), Poland (106,123 passengers), and Austria (87,281 passengers).
In domestic transport, the largest shares were recorded at Henri Coandă Bucharest Airport, which accounted for 49.8% of the total number of passengers boarding, Avram Iancu Cluj-Napoca Airport, with 18%, and Traian Vuia-Timişoara Airport, with 14.6%.
SOURCE: AGERPRES
