Bilbao Airport has registered 339,841 passengers in the first month of 2023, while San Sebastián has recorded a total of 27,736 passengers, and there are 18,122 in the case of Vitoria-Gasteiz.
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The Basque Country airports continue to recover the activity of before the pandemic, and have exceeded in January 2023 the data registered in the same month of 2019, as reported this Monday by Aena, the manager of the airports of the Spanish State. Specifically, at the Bilbao airport, passenger traffic grew by 1.7% in January compared to the same period four years ago, while San Sebastián closed the month with global growth of 45%, and Vitoria-Gasteiz recorded an increase of 83.2%.
Thus, according to the cited source, the loui airport registered a total of 339,841 passengers in the first month of the year, representing a growth of 1.7% compared to January 2019.
Landing and takeoff movements have exceeded 3,100 operations, which implies a recovery of 89.9% compared to the reference date.
Regarding the type of traffic, the national has grown by 9.6% compared to January 2019, up to 228,615 passengers. International travelers have recovered by 88.3%, with a total volume of 110,199 passengers.
As for the Hondarribia airport, 27,736 passengers used the Gipuzkoan infrastructure in January. Thus, passenger traffic has grown by 45% compared to the same month of 2019.
Regarding operations, in January 343 landing and takeoff movements were registered, which implies a recovery of 84.3%.
He Vitoria-Gasteiz airportfor its part, has started the year with a growth of 83.2% in passenger traffic compared to 2019, accounting for a total of 18,122 passengers.
In the air cargo section, freight traffic at the Álava terminal also continues to rise. 5,666 tons were reached in the first month of the year, 10.1% more than in the same month of 2019. Therefore, the upward trend of recent years continues after the historical record achieved in 2022.
As for operations, in January 2023, 1,003 landing and takeoff movements were recorded, representing an increase of 29.3% compared to the exercise of January 2019.
Source: Eitb
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