{"id":131152,"date":"2022-09-13T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=131152"},"modified":"2022-09-13T21:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T21:14:43","slug":"aena-airports-close-august-with-a-recovery-of-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/aena-airports-close-august-with-a-recovery-of-92.html","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Aena airports close August with a recovery of 92.6%."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aena<\/strong> network airports closed August 2022 with 27,301,674 passengers. This figure is within 7.4 percentage points of pre-pandemic levels, so 92.6% of the traffic recorded in August 2019 has already been recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, 223,260 aircraft were operated, representing a 95.1% recovery over 2019; and 78,468 tons of cargo were moved, representing a 6.3% decrease over the same month in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/07\/madrid-barajas-airport-inaugurates-a-viewpoint-for-spotters.html\">Madrid-Barajas Airport inaugurates a viewpoint for Spotters.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total number of passengers registered in August, 27,236,102 corresponded to commercial passengers, of which 18,429,626 traveled on international flights, 12.7% less than in August 2019; and 8,806,476 traveled on domestic flights, 6.3% more than before the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumulatively through the eighth month of 2022, a recovery of 85.3% in passenger traffic is achieved compared to the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From January to August 2022, 159,308,824 passengers have passed through the airports of the Aena network, 1,477,464 aircraft movements were recorded (7.7% less than in 2019) and 651,950 tons of cargo were transported, which is 3% less than in the same period of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passengers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the eighth month of the year with 4,985,968, representing a decrease of 13.9% over August 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/08\/iberia-was-the-most-punctual-airline-in-europe-in-july.html\">Iberia was the most punctual airline in Europe in July.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, with 4,464,875 (-17.5% compared to 2019); Palma de Mallorca, with 4,161,847 (-2.8%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 2,053. 341 (-6.9%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 1,512,008 passengers (-10.6%); Ibiza, 1,361,379 (-1.1%); and Gran Canaria, with 1,090,494 passengers, an increase of 0.8% over the same month of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the number of operations, the airport that reached the highest number of movements in August was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, 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%); M\u00e1laga-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 Hern\u00e1ndez, with 9,795 movements, representing a decrease of 8.9% over the same month of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cargo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding cargo traffic, the airport that recorded the highest cargo volume during August was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with 43,511 tons, down 1.9% compared to the same month in 2019. 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closed August 2022 with 27,301,674 passengers. This figure is within 7.4 percentage points of pre-pandemic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4312,"featured_media":99978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[195,269,292],"class_list":{"0":"post-131152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airports","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/aeropuerto-Madrid-Barajas.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dergam Mousa","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/dmousa"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Aena network airports closed August 2022 with 27,301,674 passengers. 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