It’s not yet euphoria, but it’s time to resume at Brest airport. First in Brittany in terms of traffic, the equipment welcomed nearly 688,000 passengers during the first ten months of 2022, or 31% more than during the same period last year, he announced on Monday.
At the end of the year, attendance should reach 800,000 passengers, a result 35% lower than its pre-Covid level (1.2 million passengers in 2019). At the peak of the outbreak in 2020, airport traffic had fallen to 462,000 passengers.
Results in the red since 2020
“Volume is not our priority. We reason in terms of territorial connectivity more than in terms of passenger volume, ”assured Claude Arphexad, director of Brest Bretagne airport, on Monday.
Property of the regional council of Brittany, Brest airport has been granted to the company Aéroports de Bretagne Ouest (ABO) since January 1, 2017. “Economically, we have not had a positive net result” since 2020, admitted Claude Arphexad . “The objective is to have an economic balance over the duration of the concession which ends in 2036,” he added.