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Movement of passengers at national airports above the pre-pandemic levels
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Movement of passengers at national airports above the pre-pandemic levels Air Transport Flash Statistics - February 2023
13 April 2023

Summary

In February 2023, 4.0 million passengers and 16.9 thousand tonnes of freight and mail were handled at national airports, corresponding to year-on-year variations of +55.6% and -2.2%, respectively, compared to February 2022. 

Vis-à-vis February 2020, when there were still no effects of the pandemic, the movement of passengers increased by 8.0% and the movement of freight and mail decreased by 3.5%.

In February 2023, there was a daily average of 73.6 thousand passengers disembarked at national airports, a value significantly higher than the one registered in February 2022 (47.8 thousand; +54.1%) and 13.1% above the one recorded in February 2020 (65.1 thousand).

France was the main country of origin and destination of flights, with Spain and the United Kingdom alternating between 2nd and 3rd position depending on whether country of origin or destination of the flights.


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