The amount of passengers using Katowice airport has surpassed pre-pandemic levels and has set a new record.

In May 2023, 471 444 passengers passed through the airport, considerably surpassing the record-breaking result from May 2019, when 429 315 passengers were served according to figures collated by the Upper Silesian Aviation Group , the company responsible for managing the airport.

253 893 passengers travelled on regular flights offered by Wizz Air, Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines and Air Dolomiti (Lufthansa). In May 2023, passengers most often flew on regular flights connecting Katowice Airport and Dortmund, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Frankfurt and Eindhoven. 216 462 passengers were handled on charter flights on behalf of travel agencies. Most often, travellers flew from Katowice Airport on charter flights to Antalya, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Rhodes and Heraklion. In May 2023, 3 928 aircraft operations were noted at Katowice Airport.

From January to the end of May 2023, 1 586 973 passengers were served, the most during the first five months of the year in the history of the airport. The previous best result was achieved in 2019, when 1 444 484 passengers flew via the Katowice Airport network.

“Passenger traffic at Katowice Airport grows in accordance with the positive variant of the forecast for 2023. We currently estimate that approximately 5.3 million passengers will travel via the Katowice Airport network in 2023; resultantly, we will improve on the current record from 2019 by over 400 thousand passengers,” said Artur Tomasik, the President of the Board of GTL SA.