Paris Orly Airport Statistics

Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) is France’s second busiest airport and a major hub for low-cost carriers, linking Paris to over 175 destinations across Europe, North Africa and the French Overseas Territories.

Paris-Orly Airport handles over 30 million passengers annually, indicating a full recovery from the pandemic and exceeding pre-COVID levels.

• ORY processed 34.93 million passengers in 2025, a 5.5% increase from 33.12 million in 2024, marking its strongest performance on record.
• The airport saw 31.85 million passengers in 2019, before a sharp 66.1% decline to 10.81 million in 2020 due to COVID-19.
• Traffic rebounded to 15.73 million in 2021, climbed to 29.19 million in 2022 then reached 32.29 million in 2023.

Low-cost carriers dominate operations at Paris-Orly, led by Transavia France following the airport’s shift toward budget and leisure travel.

• Transavia France held a 36.3% market share in 2025, serving as the low-cost arm of the Air France-KLM group.
• Vueling followed with 11.4%, representing International Airlines Group’s (IAG’s) budget brand at ORY.
• easyJet maintained a 10.0% share, Air France held 9.1% and Air Caraïbes had 3.7%, rounding out the top five airlines.
• These carriers together account for 70.5% of total traffic.

• Paris-Orly Airport offered 180 destinations in 52 countries.
• The network is concentrated on Europe and North Africa, aligning with the airport’s focus on leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel.
• Route availability varies by season, with summer offering expanded holiday destinations.
• Both scheduled and charter flights contribute to these seasonal shifts.

• *Madrid* led European routes with 1.58 million passengers, closely followed by *Lisbon* with 1.53 million.
• Southern European destinations show robust performance, with *Rome* handling 1.18 million passengers, Porto serving 1.13 million, and *Barcelona* carrying 1.13 million passengers.

• Specific revenue for Paris-Orly is not disclosed. However, the ADP Group, which manages the airport, reported €6.70 billion in total revenue for 2025, an 8.8% increase from €6.16 billion in 2024.

• 3 June 1962: A Boeing 707 operated by Air France crashed on takeoff due to mechanical failure, killing 130 people. It remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident at the airport. Among the victims were 122 members of Atlanta’s arts community.
• February 2020: A French Bee Airbus A350 triggered a go-around after a windshear alert, but the crew mishandled the procedure, violating altitude limits and losing separation. The French BEA (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses) investigated and issued safety recommendations.
• December 2023: A stowaway from Algeria was found critically injured in the landing gear of an Air Algérie flight, exposing security gaps at departure and arrival points.