SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 21 Oct -2020

October . 21 . 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 8/11 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt More information available at: Transport activities: Air Transport Flash Statistics – August 2020 (16 October 2020) Movement in national airports maintains a recovery trend, but still registering daily reductions of over 50% in passengers In August 2020, in year-on-year terms, at the national airports: • The movement of passengers (2.2 million, including the embarked, disembarked and in transit) declined by 65.9% (-79.5% in July); • The movement of cargo and mail (10.4 thousand tonnes) declined by 38.9% (-48.7% in July); • The number of landed commercial aircraft (12.4 thousand) declined by 46.4 % (-62.0% in July). Aircrafts landed, passengers and freight/mail movement, 2020 (year-on-year rate of change) -46.4% -65.9% -38.9% -120.0% -100.0% -80.0% -60.0% -40.0% -20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% January February March April May June July August Aircrafts Passengers Freight and mail Considering the movement at national airports from January to August 2020, in comparison with the same period of the previous year: • The number of landed commercial aircraft (66.9 thousand) declined by 56.7%; • The number of passengers handled (13.4 million) decreased by 67.1%; - The airport of Lisboa handled 52.5% of total passengers (7.0 million) and registered a decrease of 66.3%; - Among the three airports with the highest passenger traffic, the airport of Faro was the one with the highest decline (-77.1%); • France stood as the main country of origin and destination for passengers handled at national airports (1,038.3 thousand, corresponding to a year-on-year rate of change of -61.4%); • The United Kingdom, the second main country of origin and destination, recorded the largest reduction in the number of disembarked and embarked passengers (-74,0% e -74.1%, respectively); • The movement of cargo and mail (91.1 thousand tonnes) presented a reduction of 32.1%. When comparing the number of landed aircraft and the number of daily disembarked passengers between January and August 2020, and comparing with the same period of the previous year, it becomes clear the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures adopted at the airspace level from the beginning of the second fortnight of March. There was a slight recovery in July, which continued through August, although there are still daily reductions of more than 35% in the number of aircraft landed and 50% in the number of disembarked passengers.