The number of passengers handled at Portuguese airports in February was 55.6% higher than in the same month, and 8% above the record for February 2020, which is the last similar month without the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic, according to the rapid statistics of air transport from the United Arab Emirates. . National Statistical Institute (INE), released this Thursday, April 13.
In February, 4 million passengers and 16.9 thousand tons of cargo and mail passed through national airports, which corresponds to differences of +55.6% and -2.2%, respectively, compared to February 2022, according to the National Institute of Statistics.
Compared to February 2020, a month free from the impact of the pandemic, there was a growth of 2.7% in the number of aircraft landed and 8% in the number of passengers handled, with freight and mail traffic down 3.5% (+5.2)%. , + 5.7% and -3.2% in the previous month, respectively), says the statistical body.
An average of 73,600 passengers disembarked at Portuguese airports per day, “a much higher value than that recorded in February 2022 (47,800; +54.1%) and 13.1% higher compared to February 2020 (65.1 thousand),” he said.
“France was the country of origin and main destination for the flights,” he explained, “with Spain and the United Kingdom alternating between second and third places depending on the country of origin or destination of the flights.”
In the first two months of the year, the busiest airports were Lisbon (4.5 million passengers, 56.3% of the total) and Porto (1.8 million, 22.8% of the total).
Madeira Airport was the third airport with the highest passenger traffic as of the first two months of 2023 (636 thousand; +82.9%), overtaking Faro Airport.
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