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Movement of passengers at national airports maintains increasing trend
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Air Transport Flash Statistics
Movement of passengers at national airports maintains increasing trend - May 2024
15 July 2024

Summary

In May 2024, 6.5 million passengers and 21.1 thousand tonnes of freight and mail were handled at national airports, corresponding to year-on-year variations of +6.3% and +10.8%, respectively, compared with May 2023.

At the beginning of 2024 there were still historic monthly highs of passengers at national airports. In May 2024, there was a daily average of 106.4 thousand passengers disembarked, 6.2% higher value than the one registered in May 2023 (100.2 thousand).

In the first five months of 2024, the number of passengers handled increased by 5.1% and the movement of freight and mail increased by 13.1%.

The United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination of flights, having recorded increases in the number of disembarked (+2.4%) and embarked (+2.8%) passengers compared with the same period of 2023. France and Spain ranked 2nd and 3rd as the main countries of origin and destination.


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