{"id":166038,"date":"2024-06-12T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=166038"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:49:54","slug":"spain-aena-airports-register-more-than-28-2-million-passengers-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/06\/spain-aena-airports-register-more-than-28-2-million-passengers-in-may.html","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Aena airports register more than 28.2 million passengers in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The airports of the<strong> Aena <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first five months of 2024, 114,708,138 passengers passed through Aena&#8217;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.<\/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 fifth month of the year with 5,680,291, representing a growth of 12.4% compared to May last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 2. 378,119 (+10.5%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 1,749,487 (+16.6%); Gran Canaria, with 1,094,567 (+9.6%) and Ibiza, with 1,030,938 (+6.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, total passenger records were broken in a single month of May at 23 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, Ibiza, Valencia, Tenerife Sur, Seville, C\u00e9sar Manrique-Lanzarote, Bilbao, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Fuerteventura, Menorca, Santiago-Rosal\u00eda de Castro, Asturias, La Palma, San Sebasti\u00e1n, Melilla, El Hierro, La Gomera and Badajoz.<\/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 May was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez 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%); M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, with 16,346 (+7.3%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, with 11,019 (+14.6%) and Gran Canaria, with 10,840 landings and takeoffs (+10.5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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, M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Seville, Tenerife Sur, C\u00e9sar Manrique-Lanzarote, Jerez de la Frontera, Menorca, Santiago-Rosal\u00eda de Castro, C\u00f3rdoba, La Palma, Son Bonet and Logro\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cargo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport with the highest cargo volume was Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas, with 63,305 tons, up 18.6% compared to the same month of 2023. 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