{"id":117657,"date":"2021-06-27T01:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/76-2-decrease-in-air-passenger-transport-in-q1\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:32:32","slug":"76-2-decrease-in-air-passenger-transport-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/76-2-decrease-in-air-passenger-transport-in-q1\/","title":{"rendered":"76.2% Decrease in Air Passenger Transport in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"76.2% Decrease in Air Passenger Transport in Q1\n\n\n<p>In the first quarter of this year, air passenger transport decreased by 76.2%, from 3,851,100 passengers to 916,500, due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest shares in terms of passenger transport were recorded at Henri Coanda-Bucharest airport, with 328,100 embarked passengers and 293,400 disembarked passengers, Avram Iancu-Cluj-Napoca with 56,300 embarked passengers and 50,500 disembarked passengers, Iasi International Airport, with 25,000 embarked passengers and 20,600 disembarked, and Traian Vuia-Timisoara, with 21,600 embarked passengers and 19,700 disembarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In international passenger transport, the top ten origin airports, determined by the number of passengers on scheduled flights, are London Luton &#8211; 40,666 passengers, Istanbul International &#8211; 21,336 passengers, Frankfurt-Main &#8211; 16,716 passengers, Dubai &#8211; 14,532 passengers, Amsterdam-Schiphol &#8211; 13,892 passengers, Dortmund &#8211; 12,382 passengers, Madrid-Barajas &#8211; 11,513 passengers, Paris-Charles de Gaulle &#8211; 11,234 passengers, Milan-Bergamo &#8211; 10,676 passengers, Paris Beauvais &#8211; 9,583 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<strong>What was the percentage decrease in air traffic in Q1?<\/strong>\n<p>Air passenger transport saw a significant 76.2% decline compared to the previous year due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<strong>Which Romanian airport handled the most passengers?<\/strong>\n<p>Henri Coanda-Bucharest remained the busiest, recording over 621,000 total embarked and disembarked passengers.<\/p>\n<strong>What were the top international origin airports for flights to Romania?<\/strong>\n<p>London Luton and Istanbul International were the leading origin airports for scheduled international flights.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>76.2% Decrease in Air Passenger Transport in Q1 In the first quarter of this year, air passenger transport decreased by 76.2%, from 3,851,100 passengers to 916,500, due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics. The largest shares in terms of passenger transport were recorded at Henri Coanda-Bucharest airport,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[3069,506,3879],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-117657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-cluj-en","tag-henri-coanda","tag-otopeni-en"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117657"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=117657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}