355,300 passengers on 2,707 planes in December
In December 2023, “there was a movement of 355,300 passengers at Regional airports, transported on 2,707 aircraft (commercial flights), translating year-on-year variations of +8.8% and -0.8%, respectively “, according to a report published this morning by the Department of Regional Statistics, DREM. “When compared to December 2019 (pre-pandemic period), there was a growth of 50.6% in passenger movement and 37.1% in aircraft movement”, he adds.
Busiest year ever in terms of air transport in RAM
Based on information from ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, from January to December, “variations in aircraft and passenger movements were +10.7% and +18.1%, respectively. The growth rates relating to 2019 are higher, with +30.7% in movements and +43.6% in passengers”, they highlight, thus confirming the best year ever in terms of air transport in RAM.
Regarding the occupancy rate of flights, “in 2023, each aircraft (considering those that landed and took off together) transported, on average, around 147 passengers (138 in 2022), at Madeira airport, while at Porto Santo that value exceeded 86 passengers (80 in the previous year)”, it is therefore natural that “passenger movement in international traffic grew 21.8%, while in the domestic segment the increase was 14.4%” and “compared to In the same period before the pandemic (2019), there was greater growth in both segments, domestic traffic grew by 48.4% and international traffic by 39.4%”. And the report adds: “In 2023, the occupancy of aircraft handled at RAM airports was around 84.4%, with Madeira airport reaching 85.0% and Porto Santo reaching 74.5%. Last year, the occupancy rate was lower, at 80.0%, 80.7% and 70.3%, in the same order.”
It further states that “this year, at Madeira airport, international traffic (53.9%) predominated compared to domestic traffic (46.1% of the total). At Porto Santo Airport there is a predominance of domestic traffic (77.4% of the total)”, with scheduled flights representing “91.8% of the total number of aircraft handled and 93.5% of passengers (91.4% and 93.0% in the previous year, respectively)”.
As for the total number of passengers embarked and disembarked at RAM airports in the 12 months of last year, “they amounted to 4,820,100 (more than 4.8 million), half corresponding to traffic exclusively between airports located in the national territory, which includes internal and domestic connections (47.8% of the total as a whole) and another to international connections (52.2%). Within the scope of the latter, the United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination for international flights from airports in the United Kingdom. RAM (32.8%), followed by Germany (20.4%) and France (8.3%)”, DREM points out.
The report concludes: “In the IATA (International Air Transport Association) summer, from March 26 to October 28, 2023, Madeira airport operated commercial flights from 27 airlines (28 in the IATA summer 2022), with 64 routes (60 in same period) to 57 destinations (54 in the IATA Summer 2022). At Porto Santo airport, commercial flights were carried out on 7 routes (8 in the IATA Summer 2022), from 8 airlines (9 in the same period last year) to 7 destinations (8 in IATA Summer 2022).”
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