During 2013, a number of new services were started by Easyjet to London Gatwick, Milan and Lisbon, by Turkish Airlines to its Hub in Istanbul and by Vueling to Barcelona. Some of these will see increased frequencies in the course of 2014 and airlines are expecting further growth on existing destinations. Even though no new routes are expected for the moment, the number of passengers at the airport will continue to grow this year.

During 2013 a number of lux-Airport customer airlines saw strong growth on existing destinations, British Airways grew its number of passengers by 19% to London Heathrow, Luxair by 10% with London City the strongest performer, TAP Portugal by 9% to Lisbon and Porto and KLM to Amsterdam by 7%. Easyjet, with flights to London Gatwick, Milan and Lisbon was also a strong contributor to the growth of the airport. Aircraft movements however increased by only 3%, confirming a trend towards bigger aircraft on the airport, mostly of the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 type.

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