Geneva,Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cointrin International Airport in Geneva shows no signs of suffering from the global economic downturn, with 2008 results showing a record year in terms of profits. The airport’s newly released figures show profits up 17 percent to CHF61 million, with turnover up 7 percent to CH300 million. The airport’s income was nearly evenly divided between flight-related services such as passenger income and other sources such as parking fees, 49.2 and 50.3 respectively.
Passenger traffic rose 5.7 percent, with 11.5 million passengers. Takeoffs and landings were up slightly less, 1.5 percent. Easyjet had the largest number of passengers of the airport’s 53 companies, with a 33.6 percent of the traffic. Swiss had 12.3, Air France 8.1 and British Airways 6.5, Lufthansa 6.3 percent. The most frequently served destinations were Paris, London Amsterdam, Zurich and Brussels.