AUGUST 2022 41 Movement of passengers at national airports Freight/mail handled at national airports In the first half of 2022: • The number of passengers at airports (24.3million) increased by 344.0% year-on-year (-12.8% compared to the same period in 2019), continuing to approach the figures recorded before the pandemic; • The Lisboa airport handled 49.8% of total passengers (12.1 million) and recorded a year-on-year growth of 380.9% (-17.0% compared to the same period in 2019); • Considering the three airports with the highest annual passenger traffic, Faro registered the greatest increase (+503.2%); • The United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination of flights, with a year-on-year growth of 720.8% in the number of passengers disembarked (1,773.0 thousand) and of 717.5% in the number of passengers embarked (1,721.5 thousand); The scale of this growth is justified by the base effect arising from the closure of the air corridor between Portugal and the UK for much of the first half of 2021; • France ranked second, with increases of 294.7% in passengers disembarked (1,624.8 thousand) and 290.0% in passengers embarked (1,611.4 thousand), compared to the same period in 2021; • Spain ranked 3rd as the main country of origin (1,115.0 thousand) and destination (1,094.0 thousand). More information is available at: Air transport flash statistics – June 2022 16 August 2022 2019 2020 2021 Po 2022 Pe 5,711 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 103 18,210 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun t 2019 2020 2021 Po 2022 Pe
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