Aena network closes July 2022 with significant recovery

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Airports in the Aena network closed July 2022 with 27,067,913 passengers. This figure is eight percentage points from pre-pandemic levels, meaning 92 per cent of the air traffic recorded in July 2019 has already been recovered.

In addition, 230,542 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 95.7 per cent compared to 2019, while 79,906 tonnes of cargo were transported, representing a decrease of 9.7 per cent compared to the same month of 2019.

Of the total number of travellers recorded in July, 27,000,398 were commercial passengers, of which 18,245,175 travelled on international flights, 12.3 per cent less than in July 2019. Meanwhile, 8,755,223 passengers travelled on domestic flights, which is 2.6 per cent more than before the pandemic.

In the cumulative period of the first seven months of 2022, a recovery of 83.9 per cent of passenger traffic was reached compared to the same period of 2019. From January to July 2022, 132,007,150 passengers passed through airports in the Aena network, 1,254,204 aircraft movements were recorded (8.2 per cent less than in 2019) and 573,481 tonnes of cargo were transported, which is 2.5 per cent less than in the same period of 2019. 

Passengers

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) recorded the highest number of passengers in the seventh month of the year, with 5,025,214, representing a decrease of 15.5 per cent compared to July 2019.

It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport (BCN), with 4,431,648 (-17.3 per cent compared to 2019); Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), with 4,132,434 (-1.8 per cent); Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP), with 2,064,856 (-7.3 per cent); Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC), with 1,519,739 passengers (-11.7 per cent); Ibiza Airport (IBZ), with 1,343,450 (+0.8 per cent); and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), with 1,068,205 passengers, representing a decrease of 0.1 per cent compared to the same month of 2019.

Operations

As for the number of aircraft in operation, the airport with the highest number in July was MAD, with a total of 32,411 (-16.8 per cent compared to 2019), followed by PMI, with 29,171 (+1.6 per cent); BCN, with 28,262 flights (-15 per cent); AGP, with 15,459 (-2.7 per cent); IBZ, with 13,138 (+7.3 per cent); LPA, with 9,891 (- three per cent); and ALC, with 9,785 aircraft movements, representing a decrease of 11.6 per cent compared to the same month of 2019.

Cargo

Regarding the transport of cargo, the airport that recorded the highest volume of cargo in July was MAD, with 45,019 tonnes, which is three per cent less than in the same month of 2019. It is followed by BCN, which recorded 14,524 tonnes (-7.8 per cent compared to 2019), Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), with 7,669 tonnes (-40.2 per cent), and Vitoria Airport (VIX), with 6,211 tonnes, which is 1.1 per cent less than in the same month of 2019.