London (Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton) topped the list of the most popular scheduled destinations in the first quarter of 2015, with 187,000 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%.
The capital of France ranked second, with 116,000 travellers, a minor fall of 0.4%, reflecting its steady popularity. Paris was followed by Frankfurt, with 97,000 passengers in the analysed period.
The total number of passengers flying to/from the top 10 scheduled destinations from January to March 2015, along with the percentage change on the corresponding period of 2014:
|
City |
January-March 2015 |
January-March 2014 |
Change % 2015/2014 |
| LONDON |
186 880 |
157 697 |
18.5% |
| PARIS |
115 757 |
116 244 |
-0.4% |
| FRANKFURT |
97 080 |
98 429 |
-1.4% |
| BRUSSELS |
74 698 |
52 070 |
43.5% |
| AMSTERDAM |
74 467 |
76 709 |
-2.9% |
| MUNICH |
62 810 |
66 415 |
-5.4% |
| MOSCOW |
57 457 |
52 340 |
9.8% |
| KRAKÓW |
56 723 |
56 726 |
0.0% |
| WROCŁAW |
53 620 |
57 821 |
-7,3% |
| COPENHAGEN |
48 142 |
43 768 |
10.0% |
Hurghada, a resort famous for its luxury hotels, great beaches, diving schools and beautiful coral reefs, has retained its spot as the most popular charter holiday destination. However, the second-placed Tel Aviv, a cosmopolitan Mediterranean metropolis that never sleeps, is closing the gap. Cancun, Mexico, saw a huge increase of 437% after the launch of direct flights to Yucatan by travel company TUI in November 2014. Another “big riser” was Antalya on the Turkish Riviera, which jumped to the 10th in the ranking, with a 380% surge in passenger numbers compared to the first quarter of 2014.
The total number of passengers flying to/from the top 10 non-scheduled destinations from January to March 2015, along with the percentage change on the corresponding period of 2014:
|
City |
January-March 2015 |
January-March 2014 |
Change % 2015/2014 |
| HURGHADA |
17 316 |
13 324 |
30.0% |
| TEL AVIV |
16 008 |
15 424 |
3.8% |
| CANCUN |
14 933 |
2 783 |
436.6% |
| TENERIFE |
12 926 |
12 185 |
6.1% |
| SHARM EL-SHEIKH |
12 737 |
11 727 |
8.6% |
| FUERTEVENTURA |
12 610 |
12 632 |
-0.2% |
| MARSA ALAM |
10 815 |
7 579 |
42.7% |
| LANZAROTE |
9 251 |
9 273 |
-0.2% |
| ANTALYA |
8 031 |
1 684 |
376.9% |
| AGADIR |
7 862 |
8 153 |
-3.6% |
Photo © Dariusz Kłosiński
Source: Warsaw Chopin Airport