They received 27.3 million passengers, 92.6% of 2019 traffic, although they have yet to recover 15% so far this year
The airports of the Aena network closed the month of August 2022 with 27,301,674 passengers, a figure that is only 7.4 percentage points away from pre-pandemic levels. As a result, 92.6% of the traffic registered in August 2019 has already been recovered, the airport manager reported on Monday.
In addition, 223,260 aircraft were operated, representing a 95.1% recovery over 2019, and 78,468 tons of cargo were carried, a decrease of 6.3% compared to the same month of 2019.
Of the total number of registered travelers in August, 27.2 million were commercial passengers, of which 18.4 million were international flights, 12.7% less than in August 2019; and 8.8 million did so on domestic flights, 6.3% more than before the pandemic.
In the cumulative up to and including the eighth month of 2022, a recovery of 85.3% of passenger traffic is realized compared to the same period of 2019, so they are still almost 15% below.
From January to August 2022, 159.3 million travelers passed through the airports of the Aena network, 1.4 million aircraft movements were recorded (7.7% less than in 2019) and 651,950 tons of goods were transported, which is 3% less than in the same period. period of 2019.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport registered the highest number of passengers in the eighth month of the year with 4.9 million, a decrease of 13.9% compared to August 2019. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El airports. with 4.4 million (-17.5% compared to 2019); Palma de Mallorca, with 4.1 million (-2.8%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2 million (-6.9%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1.5 million passengers (-10.6%); Ibiza, 1.3 million (-1.1%); and Gran Canaria, with 1 million passengers, an increase of 0.8% compared to the same month of 2019.
In terms of the number of operations, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas was the airport with the highest number of movements in August, with a total of 31,575 (-15% over 2019), followed by Palma de Mallorca, with 28,838 (+0.2%) ; Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 27,779 flights (-15%); Malaga-Costa del Sol, with 15,159 (-3.1%); Ibiza, with 12,827 (+4.6%); Gran Canaria, with 9,910 (-6.6%); and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 9,795 movements, a decrease of 8.9% compared to the same month of 2019.
In terms of freight traffic, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas was the airport that registered the highest freight volume in the month of August, with 43,511 tons, 1.9% less compared to the same month of 2019. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Airport Barcelona-El Prat, who registered 13,324 tons (+1% compared to 2019); Zaragoza, with 10,058 tons (-35.6%) and Vitoria, with 5,423 tons, which is 31.9% more than in the same month of 2019.
Source: La Verdad
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