Aéroports de Lyon took off to a record breaking 2016

On 9 December 2016, Aéroports de Lyon surpassed the nine million passenger mark for the first time in its history. This increase in traffic amounts to 9.8% compared to 2015, with 9,553,250 passengers welcomed throughout the year. This strong increase in traffic represents the largest of its kind of all major French airports. A main driver for the increase was the 12.5% increase in international traffic compared to 2015. In total, international traffic accounted for 6 351 780 passengers passing through the airport, 66.5% of the total amount of traffic. Every served continent experienced a strong increase, benefitting directly from