For the second year of its history, Luxembourg airport reached the milestone of two million annual passengers. This performance has been achieved as early as mid-October, one and a half months earlier than in 2013. It is explained by a very fast increase of passenger numbers, which grew by about 12 % so far this year compared to last year.
lux-Airport reserved a VIP welcome to the 2 000 000th passenger and his accompanying person, and prepared a program of festivities for them after their arrival. A couple of young Germans, Katharina and Normen (32 and 34), living in Essen, got the surprise back from their holidays in New York. A private limousine was waiting for them at the exit of the airport for a VIP transfer towards the CK-Sportcenter in Kockelscheuer, where the women tennis open of Luxembourg currently takes place.
They were led towards a VIP box put at their disposal by lux-Airport and were so able to follow the matches and extend their holidays in a very unexpected way. A romantic dinner enclosed this day rich in emotions.
Johan Vanneste, CEO of lux-Airport, said: "We are very happy to obtain this result so early in the year. lux-Airport is playing a more and more important role as a gateway of the ‘Grande Region’, as shown today by our hosts coming from Germany. We see in particular our new car park offer as a key argument: it is now possible to park three days on the new parking ‘Economy’ for only 15 euros and one week for only 35 euros. For passenger drop-off we also maintained a free car park of 15 minutes on the short-term ‘Kiss&Fly’, the closest car park to the terminal, which makes a difference with many of comparable airports in the region. "