2023-08-14 14:33:25
A total of 159.2 million passengers passed through the airports in the Aena network between January and July 2023, which represents a new all-time high. This figure is 20.6% higher than that registered in the same period of 2022 and 1.2% higher than the previous highs of 2019, before the pandemic. In this way, Spanish airports forget the impact of the health crisis, except for Barajas and El Prat, where the boom in tourism so far this year has not been enough to record record figures.
In this same period, according to a statement from the airport manager, 1,372,980 aircraft movements were registered, 9.5% more than in 2022, and 594,323 tons of merchandise were transported, 3.6% higher than the same period of 2022.
In the month of July alone, Aena airports reached an all-time record for passengers: 29.76 million, 10% more than in the same month of 2022 and 1.2% more than in 2019, before the pandemic, the previous year in which the record was recorded. In the seventh month of the year, Aena managed 242,222 aircraft movements, 5.1% more than in 2022, and moved 86,779 tons of merchandise, 8.6% more than last year.
Of the total number of travelers in July, 29.7 million corresponded to commercial passengers. Thus, 20.4 million traveled on international flights, 11.9% more than in July 2022, while 9.28 million did so on domestic flights, 6% more than last year.
The Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport registered the highest number of passengers in the seventh month of the year, with 5.54 million, which represents a growth of 10.3% compared to July last year, but 6.8% below 2019. It is followed by the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, with 4.9 million (11.4% more than in 2022 and 8.6% less than in 2019) and Palma de Mallorca, with almost 4.4 million (5.9% more). The fourth airport with the most passengers was Malaga-Costa del Sol, with 2.4 million (17.8% more than in 2022); followed by Alicante-Elche, with 1.7 million passengers (12.7% more); Ibiza, with 1.4 million (6.8% more); Gran Canaria, with 1.1 million (6.7% more) and Valencia, with 1 million passengers, 17.8% more than in 2022.
Operations and merchandise
In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in July was Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 34,468 (+6.3%), followed by El Prat, with 30,648 flights (+8.4%); Palma de Mallorca, with 29,906 (+2.5%); Malaga-Costa del Sol, with 17,320 (+12%); Gran Canaria, with 10,593 (+7.1%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 10,584 landings and takeoffs (+8.2%).
Regarding freight traffic, the airport with the highest cargo volume was Madrid-Barajas, with 52,042 tons, 15.6% more than in the same month of 2022.
They are followed by the El Prat airports, with 13,454 tons (-7.4%); Zaragoza, which registered 8,719 tons (+13.7%) and Vitoria, with 5,957 tons, (-4.1%).
#Aena #registered #million #July