Malaga airport exceeds pre-pandemic passenger figures in January

The MÁLAGA-Costa del Sol airport closed January with 10.5% more passengers than in 2019.

For the first time, Malaga has registered passenger rates higher than the pre-pandemic figures.

In fact, the airport was used by 1,120,167 travelers in January —10.5% more than in 2019— and by 60.9% in January of last year, 2022.

As reported by Aena, of the more than 1.1 million passengers, 864,341 opted for flights abroad, which represented a growth of 6.3% compared to January 2019 and 60.5% more than in the first month of the year. last year.

Additionally, aircraft landings and takeoffs exceeded 9,000, which represents 5.8% more than in 2019, with an increase in domestic flights of 26.3% above pre-pandemic levels.

Internationally, the United Kingdom continues to be the most popular destination with 216,828 passengers in January, followed by the Netherlands, with 79,653; Germany, with 66,747; and Italy, with 55,026.

The remaining 250,967 commercial passengers traveled to or from a Spanish city, which, according to Aena, ‘consolidates the strength of the national market by significantly exceeding the records of 2019’.

The Málaga-Costa del Sol airport, the main gateway for international tourism to Andalusia, ranks third on the peninsula by volume of users, behind Madrid and Barcelona.

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