Traffic results of Prague Airport for August 2010 reported a year-on-year decrease by 2,4 % in passenger volumes to 1 308 083. The number of movements declined by 5,4 % to 15 043 take-offs and landings. The volume of air cargo achieved 4 863 tons, representing increase by 46%. Full service carriers achieved a satisfactory growth by 3,6 % while charter airlines declined by 3,7 % whereas the most significant drop in passenger numbers by 14,8 % was experienced in the low cost segment. The reason for that is the fact that August 2009 was the last month of full operation of SkyEurope base, representing a 7 % share on the total passenger volumes at Prague airport. Moreover, it was already a period of parallel replacement of its operations by other airlines. The most popular countries in August 2010 were Greece, the United Kingdom and Spain. A robust growth of passenger volumes was experienced on routes between Prague and Russia (+20,5 %), Germany (+14 %) and France (+11,6 %). The TOP 3 destinations were Paris Charles de Gaulle, Moscow Sheremetyevo and London Heathrow again. Further routes that reported an interesting growth were charter destinations Hurghada (+16,2 %) and Antalya (+13 %). The total pax figures for the first 8 months at Ruzyne are 7 717 827 against 7 786 365 in the January-August 2009.
