2022 Edition 36 Movement of passengers at national airports Freight/mail handled at national airports For the period January-July 2022: • The number of passengers at airports (34.2million) increased by 269.1% year-on-year (-10.7% compared to the same period in 2019); • Lisbon airport handled 49.3% of total passengers (15.1 million) and recorded a year-on-year growth of 300.0% (-15.0% compared to the same period in 2019); • Considering the three airports with the highest annual passenger traffic, Faro recorded the highest increase compared to 2021 (+397.7%) and Porto recorded the closest approach to 2019 levels (-8.3%); • The United Kingdomwas the main country of origin and destination of flights, with a year-on-year growth of 589.2% in the number of passengers disembarked (2,269.7 thousand) and of 675.4% in the number of passengers embarked (2,170.7); The scale of this growth is justified by the base effect of the closure of the air corridor between Portugal and the UK for much of the first half of 2021; • France ranked 2nd, with increases of 192.3% in passengers disembarked (2,038,3 thousand) and 221.9% in passengers embarked (1,941.0 thousand), compared to the same period in 2021; • Spain ranked 3rd as the main country of origin (1,413.0 thousand) and destination (1,369.7). More information is available at: Air transport flash statistics – July 2022 15 September 2022 6,238 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2019 2020 2021 Po 2022 Pe 103 19,803 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2019 2020 2021 Po 2022 Pe t
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