Between January and October, the number of passengers exceeded
316 million, 8.6% up on the same period of 2023 Aena airports handled 283,592 aircraft movements in October.
The airports of the Aena Group (comprising the 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed the tenth month of 2024 with 33,587,444 passengers, 6.1% more than in the same month of 2023; they handled 283,592 aircraft movements, 4.9% more than in 2023; and transported 137,308 tonnes of freight, 22.7% more than last year.
In cumulative terms up to October 2024, 316,084,814 passengers passed through Aena Group airports (8.6% more than in 2023); 2,724,088 aircraft movements were recorded (+7.1%); and 1,166,645 tonnes of freight were transported, 19.3% more than in the same period of 2023.
Aena airports in Spain
The airports of the Aena network in Spain closed October with 28,251,591 passengers, 6.1% more than in the same month of 2023; they handled 231,529 aircraft movements, 5.5% more than in 2023; and they transported 124,166 tonnes of freight, up 22.5% on last year. Since last month, press releases on monthly traffic data include information on all assets consolidated by Aena: the 46 airports and two heliports of the network in Spain, the 17 airports managed by Aena Brasil and London Luton Airport in the UK.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport recorded the highest number of passengers in October with 5,676,510, growth of 5.4% compared with the same month last year. It is followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 4,964,341 (+8.2% compared with 2023); Palma de Mallorca, with 3,490,279 (+6.2%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2,429,370 (+9.6%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,797,457 (+13.3%); Gran Canaria, with 1,300,302 (+6.3%); Tenerife Sur, with 1,152,167 (+8.9%); and Valencia, with 1,011,445 passengers, an increase of 4.5% on October 2023.
In addition, a record number of passengers was recorded in a month of October at 17 airports: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa del Sol, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Valencia, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Menorca, Bilbao, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Melilla, El Hierro, Son Bonet and Huesca-Pirineos.
In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in October was Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 35,393 (+2.4% compared with 2023), followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 31,517 flights (+8.4%); Palma de Mallorca, with 25,409 (+4.9%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 16,764 (+7.5%); Gran Canaria, with 11,987 (+5.2%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 11,243 landings and take-offs (+13.1%).
In the tenth month of 2024, a record number of operations in a month of October was also recorded at 15 infrastructures: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga-Costa Del Sol, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, Tenerife Sur, Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna, Sevilla, César Manrique-Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén, Son Bonet, Melilla, Logroño and at Ceuta Heliport.
Up to October 2024, 266,067,541 passengers have passed through Aena airports in Spain (9.4% more than in 2023); 2,208,764 aircraft movements were recorded (+7.6%); and 1,048,762 tonnes of freight were transported, 19.5% more than in the same period of 2023.
Aena Brasil Airports
The 17 airports of Aena Brasil reached 3,854,015 passengers in October, 6% more than in the same month of 2023. 40,387 aircraft movements were carried out, an increase of 2.3% compared with the same month in 2023, and 10,271 tonnes of freight were transported, up 21.8% compared with the same month last year.
The group of six ANB airports1 closed the month of October with 1,408,814 passengers (+10.1%). Recife Airport reached 855,412 passengers (+8.8%). There were 12,970 flights (+2.3%), of which Recife managed 7,469 (+2.4%). And 5,350 tonnes of freight were moved (+20.6%), of which 4,413 tonnes corresponded to Recife Airport (+25.7%).
The BOAB group of eleven airports2 recorded 2,445,201 passengers in October (+3.8% over the same month of 2023). Among them, Congonhas Airport3 stands out with 2,055,466 passengers (+4%). A total of 27,417 flights were handled (+2.2%), of which 20,003 (+1.9%) were at São Paulo Airport. And 4,921 tonnes of freight were transported (+23.2%). At Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, 4,040 tonnes were handled, 21.7% more than in the same month of the previous year. Between January and October 2024, 35,702,693 passengers passed through Aena airports in Brazil (+5.5%); 402,682 aircraft movements were recorded (+5.6%); and 91,797 tonnes of freight were transported, 16.3% more than in the same period of 2023.
London Luton Airport
During the month of October, 1,481,838 passengers4 passed through London Luton Airport’s London facilities, 4.6% more than in the same month in 2023. 11,676 aircraft movements were carried out (+2.3%). In the first ten months of 2024, 14,314,580 passengers4 were recorded (+2.9%), 112,642 aircraft movements were handled (+3.1%).
Aena Brasil Network
1 ANB – Aeroportos do Nordeste do Brasil -, which manages the airports of Recife-PE, Maceió-AL, Aracaju-SE, João Pessoa-PB, Juazeiro do Norte-CE and Campina Grande-PB, recorded 14,717,860 passengers in 2023
2 BOAB – Bloco dos Onze Aeroporto do Brasil -, which manages the airports of Congonhas-SP, Campo Grande-MS, Corumbá-MS, Ponta Porã-MS, Santarém-PA, Marabá-PA, Carajás-PA, Altamira-PA, Uberlândia-MG, Montes Claros-MG and Uberaba-MG, recorded 26,377,069 passengers in 2023.
3 Data for Congonhas Airport, as well as the BOAB airports, are compared with those published by INFRAERO, the previous operator, up to the last quarter of 2023.
London Luton
4 Passengers under the age of 2 are not counted.
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She holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication & Mass Media from Panteion University of Political & Social Studies of Athens and she has been editor and editor-in-chief in various economic magazines and newspapers.
