The Aéroport de Paris group is restarting slowly but surely.
"
We have not quite found the level of 2019 but Schengen traffic, especially to holiday destinations is extremely dynamic,
" noted this morning the CEO of the ADP group, Augustin de Romanet at the microphone of
BFM Business
.
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After the shock waves of Covid-19 in the aviation sector and thanks to a gradual recovery in post-pandemic traffic, ADP posted a turnover of 1.87 billion euros in the third quarter. An improvement of 11.9% therefore, even if the group still remains far from its performance in 2019 over the same period.
If the summer of 2021 was not "
the apocalypse
", the group found only 40% of pre-crisis traffic over the first six months and air traffic remains hampered by countries still hostile to the reopening. of their borders. "
We had expected that traffic would resume well, with the exception of the East of the world, and it remains closed
", the closure of air bridges with China and Singapore explains that the traffic takes time to resume, "
especially for us, who are a hub,
”Augustin de Romanet explained this morning.
The boss of ADP recalls that in normal times, a large part of the traffic is carried by travelers in transit between China and Africa, from Latin America to China, "and
this traffic no longer exists
", a he explained before adding that the "
very big news
" remains the reopening of the American borders on November 8.
Confident, Augustin de Romanet this morning expressed his optimism about an "
extremely strong
"
resumption
of air traffic in all areas open during the All Saints holidays and Christmas holidays, a demand notably boosted by the opening of new lines. low-cost that create demand, such as the Transavia lines to the Canaries or Jordan.
"
The demand for travel is very, very strong, we talk a lot about the savings accumulated by the French and I believe that a request for travel will be revealed in the coming months
", declared the CEO on the set of BFM.
Hydrogen, what bets for ADP?
"
We are preparing for the airport to be a place of energy production but also a hub for supplying hydrogen
", explained Augustin de Romanet after recalling that "
the main bettor on this energy is the manufacturer, who must now ask whether the hydrogen propulsion aircraft will be industrial
”.
The group, which manages around twenty airport facilities around the world, has expressed its desire to be "a
stakeholder in the energy revolution which is one of the main revolutions in the world in the next thirty years
".
The energy revolution in the aviation sector and the dynamic recovery of passenger traffic therefore remain two challenges for the ADP group, which suffered net losses of 1.17 billion euros in 2020. The head of ADP now expects traffic to return to normal. between 2025 and 2027, which implies "
a double-digit growth rate
", he concluded.
