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Spain: Aena airports register more than 28.2 million passengers in May

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The airports of the Aena network in Spain closed the fifth month of 2024 with an all-time record for passengers, aircraft movements and cargo in the month of May.

Aena welcomed 28,287,870 passengers in the fifth month of the year, 11% more than in the same period of 2023; handled 238,062 aircraft movements, 10.6% more than in 2023; and transported 108,380 tons of cargo, 23.7% more than last year.

Of the total number of passengers in May, 28,237,562 were commercial passengers: 19,609,240 traveled on international flights, 13.1% more than in May 2023, while 8,628,322 traveled on domestic flights, 6.7% more than last year.

During the first five months of 2024, 114,708,138 passengers passed through Aena’s airports (11.4% more than in 2023); 983,770 aircraft movements were recorded (+8%); and 502,743 tons of cargo were transported, 18.4% more than in the same period of 2023.

Passengers

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the fifth month of the year with 5,680,291, representing a growth of 12.4% compared to May last year.

They are followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, with 4,992,580 (+11.5% compared to 2023); Palma de Mallorca, with 3,841,241 (+12.3%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2. 378,119 (+10.5%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,749,487 (+16.6%); Gran Canaria, with 1,094,567 (+9.6%) and Ibiza, with 1,030,938 (+6.2%).

In addition, total passenger records were broken in a single month of May at 23 airports: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Valencia, Tenerife Sur, Seville, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Bilbao, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Fuerteventura, Menorca, Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, Asturias, La Palma, San Sebastián, Melilla, El Hierro, La Gomera and Badajoz.

Operations

In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in May was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 36,348 (+9% over 2023), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 31. 593 flights (+10%); Palma de Mallorca, with 27,103 (+11.1%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 16,346 (+7.3%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 11,019 (+14.6%) and Gran Canaria, with 10,840 landings and takeoffs (+10.5%).

In the fifth month of 2024, record operations were achieved in a month of May at 17 airports, namely at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Seville, Tenerife Sur, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Jerez de la Frontera, Menorca, Santiago-Rosalía de Castro, Córdoba, La Palma, Son Bonet and Logroño.

Cargo

The airport with the highest cargo volume was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 63,305 tons, up 18.6% compared to the same month of 2023. It was followed by the airports of Zaragoza, with 16,201 tons (+107.5%); Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 15,805 tons (+17.1%) and Vitoria, with 6,301 tons (-0.7%).

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