AENA revised upwards its passenger traffic forecast for this year. It will vary between 75% and 85% of the figures recorded in 2019, Before the pandemic, the company told CNMV this Friday, compared to an estimate of 68%.
Airports operated by AENA closed May with a great decline. 22.26 million passenger volume9.6% less than before the pandemic, with 80.62 million in the first five months, meaning they have already regained 80.1% of the traffic they had in the same period of 2019.
while clarifying subject to “possible” nature and “risks and uncertainties” The executive explains that while he acknowledges the “lack of visibility for the last quarter of the year” from these calculations, his estimates are based on the seats offered by the airlines.
Likewise, 208,745 aircraft were operated in May, which represents a 97.6% recovery from 2019 and 83,022 tons of cargo, 3.2% less than at that time.
The total number of passengers registered in May, 22.20 million were commercial passengers15.08 million traveled 12.4% less on international flights compared to May 2019, and 7.12 million traveled 2.9% less on domestic flights.
Airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas recorded the highest number of passengers in the fifth month of the year with 4.32 million, which is 17.1% less than in May 2019.
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports followed it with 3.81 million, a decrease of 18.4% compared to 2019; Palma de Mallorca with 3.12 million (-2%); Malaga-Costa del Sol 1.85 million (-3.2%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández 1.27 million (-9.3%).