Václav Havel Airport Prague served 7,463,975 passengers in the first half of 2018, which means a 10% increase compared to the same period last year. As usual, the largest number of passengers traveling from Prague went to the UK. The country with the highest increase in the number of checked-in passengers was Spain and for individual destinations, it was Barcelona.
The largest number of travelers over the first six months of the year flew to London, which meant a 6% inter-annual increase in the number of checked-in passengers. Paris came second, followed by Moscow, Amsterdam and Milan. The fastest growing destination in terms of passenger count was Barcelona (+51 %) thanks to the substantially increased number of flights. As for countries, UK ranked first with 12% growth, followed by Italy, Russia, Germany and France. The record holder of countries in terms of increased checked-in passengers is Spain (+40%).
New destinations are planned for the winter season of 2018. These include new Ryanair flights to Marrakesh, Paris/Beauvais, Eilat, Pisa and Amman; a new EasyJet flight to Belfast and a higher number of British Airways flights to London/Heathrow.
