
Interim report for the period 1 January – 30 September 2025
Copenhagen Airports A/S Page 9 of 20
AERONAUTICAL BUSINESS AREA
Passengers (pax)
A total of 24.5 million passengers passed through
Copenhagen Airport during the first nine months of
2025, equivalent to an increase of 1.7 million
passengers, or 8%, compared with the same period
of 2024. European destinations accounted for most
of the increase with 1.3 million additional passengers
or 7% growth compared with 2024. The rest of the
increase was driven by domestic and
intercontinental routes.
The total number of departing passengers was 12.2
million (up 7% compared with the same period last
year), of which 9.5 million were locally departing
passengers (4% up compared to last year), and 2.6
million were departing transfer and transit
passengers (23% up on the same period last year)
Locally departing passengers accounted for 78% of
all departing passengers (2024: 81%), while transfer
and transit passengers accounted for 22% (2024:
19%). The total number of arriving passengers was
12.3 million (8% up compared to last year).
Compared with 2024, total seat capacity increased
by 7% in the first nine months of 2025, the number
of passenger-related operations increased by 6%,
and the average cabin factor (occupancy) increased
by 1% to 78%.
Revenue
In 2023, CPH negotiated a commercial charges
agreement for the period 2024 to 2027. The charges
agreement contained restructured take-off,
passenger and security charges with annual
indexation of prices and aeronautical revenue. The
2025 indexation for charges took effect on 1 April
2025.
An increase in passenger numbers during the first
nine months of 2025 resulted in total aeronautical
revenue increasing by DKK 213 million, or 9%, on
the same period last year to a total of DKK 2,540
million.
Passenger, security, and handling charges
increased by DKK 177 million on the same period of
last year to DKK 2,088 million, primarily driven by the
increase in passenger numbers and the indexation
of charges from 1 April 2025.
Take-off charges amounted to DKK 415 million, an
increase of 10% compared with the same period last
year, primarily driven by an increase in the number
of flight operations. Passenger-related operations
increased by 6%, while cargo operations decreased
by 16%.
EBIT
Aeronautical EBIT for the first nine months of 2025
amounted to DKK 437 million, an increase of DKK
125 million compared with the same period of 2024.
The positive impact of higher revenue and lower
depreciation charges was partly offset by higher staff
costs.
FY
DKKm 2025 2024 Ch. Ch. % 2025 2024 Ch. Ch. % 2024
Revenue 993 901 92 10% 2,540 2,327 213 9% 3,068
EBIT
304 241 63 26% 437 312 125 40% 405
Segment assets 10,802 10,187 615 6% 10,344
Q3 Year to date
Pax (thousand) 2025 2024 Ch. Ch. %
Total pax 24,491 22,773 1,718 8%
Denmark 949 838 111 13%
Europe 20,673 19,341 1,332 7%
Intercontinental 2,869 2,594 275 11%
Total departing pax
12,166 11,327 839 7%
Local departing pax
9,520 9,183 337 4%
Transfer departing pax
2,646 2,144 502 23%
Year to date
DKKm 2025 2024 Ch. Ch. %
Passenger charges 1,181 1,049 132 13%
Security charges 662 631 31 5%
Handling charges 245 231 14 6%
Take-off charges 415 379 36 10%
Aircraft parking, etc. 37 37 (0) (1%)
Total 2,540 2,327 213 9%
Year to date