Aena welcomes 96 per cent of pre-pandemic passenger levels

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Airports in the Aena network closed November 2022 with 17,612,948 passengers. This figure is four percentage points from pre-pandemic levels, meaning 96 per cent of the traffic recorded in November 2019 has already been recovered.

In addition, 162,535 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 98.6 per cent compared to 2019, while 89,854 tonnes of cargo were transported, representing a decrease of 12.9 per cent compared to the same month of 2019.

Of the total number of travellers recorded in November, 17,533,381 were commercial passengers, of which 11,077,841 travelled on international flights, 6.4 per cent less than in November 2019. Meanwhile, 6,455,540 passengers travelled on domestic flights, which is 0.1 per cent less than before the pandemic.

In the cumulative period up to the penultimate month of 2022, a recovery of 87.9 per cent of passenger traffic was reached compared to the same period of 2019.

From January to November 2022, 225,784,613 travellers passed through airports in the Aena network (12.1 per cent less than in 2019), 2,057,885 aircraft movements were recorded (6.4 per cent less than in 2019) and 915,356 tonnes of cargo were transported, which is six 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 eleventh month of the year, with 4,451,603, representing a decrease of 6.9 per cent compared to November 2019.

It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport (BCN), with 3,243,779 (-11.7 per cent compared to 2019), Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP), with 1,202,902 (+2.8 per cent), Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), with 1,197,740 (+0.6 per cent), Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS), with 1,063,065 (+8.3 per cent), Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), with 969,615 (-3.3 per cent), Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC), with 905,852 (-3.1 per cent), César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport (ACE), with 632,229 (+11.2 per cent), Valencia Airport (VLC), with 588,357 (-5.1 per cent), and Sevilla Airport (SVQ), with 575,978 passengers, representing a decrease of 3.7 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 November was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with a total of 30,437 (-10.3 per cent compared to 2019), followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, with 21,788 flights (-12.6 per cent), Gran Canaria Airport, with 11,253 (+4.1 per cent), Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, with 9,557 (+6.1 per cent), Palma de Mallorca Airport, with 9,050 (+2.7 per cent), Tenerife Sur Airport, with 7,396 (+19.2 per cent), and Alicante-Elche Airport, with 6,236 aircraft movements, representing a decrease of 6.5 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 November 2022 was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, with 51,948 tonnes, which is 2.4 per cent less than in the same month of 2019. It is followed by Barcelona-El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, which recorded 13,306 tonnes (-17.4 per cent compared to 2019), Zaragoza Airport, with 11,524 tonnes (-44.9 per cent), and Vitoria Airport, with 6,501 tonnes, which is 14.7 per cent more than in the same month of 2019.