{"id":165191,"date":"2024-05-13T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165191"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:02:06","slug":"spain-aena-airports-record-passenger-and-cargo-traffic-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/spain-aena-airports-record-passenger-and-cargo-traffic-in-april.html","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Aena airports record passenger and cargo traffic in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The airports of the<strong> Aena<\/strong> network in Spain closed the fourth month of 2024 with an all-time record for passengers, aircraft movements and cargo in the month of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fourth month of 2024, which unlike the previous year did not include Easter, Aena welcomed 25,669,281 passengers, 7.8% more than in the same month of 2023; handled 221,183 aircraft movements, 8.3% more than in 2023; and transported 101,110 tons of cargo, 18.5% more than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total number of passengers in April, 25,611,681 were commercial passengers: 17,471,608 traveled on international flights, 9.2% more than in April 2023, while 8,140,073 traveled on domestic flights, 4.9% more than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first four months of 2024, 86,420,268 passengers passed through Aena&#8217;s airports (11.6% more than in 2023); 745,708 aircraft movements were recorded (+7.2%); and 394,363 tons of cargo were transported, 17.1% more than in the same period of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passengers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in the fourth month of the year with 5,388,400, representing a growth of 10.6% compared to April last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 4,600,973 (+9.5% compared to 2023); Palma de Mallorca, with 2,807,025 (+2.8%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 2,162,308 (+7%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 1,590,828 (+10.8%); Gran Canaria, with 1,201,052 (+3%) and Tenerife Sur, with 1,098,879 (+7.4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/05\/iberia-to-be-launch-customer-for-airbus-a321xlr.html\">Iberia to be launch customer for Airbus A321XLR<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, total passenger records were broken in April at 17 airports: Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Valencia, Seville, C\u00e9sar Manrique-Lanzarote, Bilbao, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Santiago-Rosal\u00eda de Castro, Asturias, San Sebasti\u00e1n, Melilla and Ceuta Heliport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in April was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 34,720 (+9.8% compared to 2023), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 29. 812 flights (+10.8%); Palma de Mallorca, with 21,407 (+3.9%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 15,196 (+4.8%); Gran Canaria, with 11,400 (+7.2%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 10,100 landings and take-offs (+9.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fourth month of 2024, record operations were achieved in April at 15 airports: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, Tenerife Sur, Seville, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, C\u00e9sar Manrique-Lanzarote, Jerez, Santiago-Rosal\u00eda de Castro, Menorca, Burgos, C\u00f3rdoba and Logro\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cargo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding cargo traffic, the airport with the highest volume was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with 59,282 tons, up 18.2% compared to the same month in 2023. 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