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Movement of passengers at national airports decelerated, despite maintaining the trend of monthly highs
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Movement of passengers at national airports decelerated, despite maintaining the trend of monthly highs - October 2024
11 December 2024

Summary

In October 2024, 6.5 million passengers and 24.0 thousand tonnes of freight and mail were handled at national airports, corresponding to year-on-year variations of +2.9% and +17.7%, respectively, compared with October 2023 (+3.6% and +17.2% in the previous month, in the same order).

Between January and October of 2024 there were historic monthly highs of passengers at national airports. In October 2024, there was a daily average of 103.7 thousand passengers disembarked, 2.5% higher value than the one registered in October 2023 (101.2 thousand).

Between January and October of 2024, the number of passengers handled increased by 4.2% (+20.6% in 2023) and the movement of freight and mail increased by 15.2% (-1.7% in 2023).

The United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination of flights, having recorded increases in the number of disembarked (+1.6%) and embarked (+1.3%) passengers compared with the same period of 2023. France and Spain ranked 2nd and 3rd as the main countries of origin and destination.

Consult the information on the Interactive Platform (available only in Portuguese).


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