With 478,600 passengers in 2023, Perpignan airport exceeds its pre-Covid attendance by 6.85% and is approaching the milestone of 500,000 passengers.
Attendance that the local regional airport public company (Splar), of which the Occitanie region is a majority shareholder alongside the department and the metropolis of Perpignan, will now work to maintain while optimizing its aeronautical center.
“In recent years, we have injected nearly 15 million euros into the airport, particularly for the renovation of the terminal.
We have just as much to invest for the next fifteen years, particularly in bringing aeronautical roadways up to standard,” notes regional elected official Julien Baraillé, president of Splar.
The aeronautical center currently consists of 9,900 m² of hangars, occupied by several companies, to which are added the 12,000 m² of space owned by the aircraft maintenance company Sabena technics.
“The spaces of the airport platform are to date fully consumed.
Faced with the impossibility of responding to requests from new prospects, studies are being carried out to redevelop and rationalize the areas in order to free up land,” indicates Julien Baraillé.
LEDs, solar panels…
Actions in favor of sustainable development and the protection of biodiversity continue in parallel.
The objective is to reduce carbon emissions per passenger screened at the airport by 55% between 2018 and 2029. “We have already implemented significant actions to reduce carbon emissions from the airport itself by insulating buildings, using LEDs, investing in electrical equipment and installing solar panels.
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In terms of deployment of new lines and destinations, the president of Splar considers the current offer satisfactory.
“Today, we have three daily round trips to Paris, or 21 flights in total”, an offer which, according to him, responds well to the needs of a clientele which is now mainly tourist.
Transavia's Perpignan-Paris flights represent 50% of flows, to which are added, all year round, flights to Brussels, Agadir, Marrakech as well as, in the summer, to Oran, Nantes, Dublin, London, Leeds, Birmingham and Lille.