The airports of the Aena network close May with more than 22.2 million passengers
MADRID, 10 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Aena has revised upwards its estimate of passenger traffic for the end of 2022, from the current 68% to a range of between 75% and 85% over the 2019 figures, despite the lack of visibility for the last quarter of the year but before the forecasts for the coming summer months, according to the seats offered by the airlines.
Specifically, the airports in the Aena network closed the month of May with 22,262,317 passengers, a figure that is 9.6% of the levels prior to the pandemic.
In the accumulated figure for the first five months of the year, the number of passengers stands at 80,619,033, a recovery of 80.1% of passenger traffic compared to the same period in 2019.
In addition, 208,745 aircraft were managed, which means a recovery of 97.6% over 2019; and 83,022 tons of cargo were moved, which represents a decrease of 3.2% compared to the same month of 2019.
Of the total number of travelers registered in May, 22,206,428 corresponded to commercial passengers, of which 15,084,449 traveled on international flights, 12.4% less than in May 2019; and 7,121,979 did so on domestic flights, 2.9% less than before the pandemic.