Palma airport smashes its record number of flights in the month of May

In the first five months of the year, flights managed by ENAIRE amounted to more than 886,000

The ENAIRE report shows that international flights in May increased by 11.2%.

The ENAIRE report shows that international flights in May increased by 11.2% | Photo: MDB Digital

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ENAIRE, the national air navigation manager, handled over 214,000 flights (214,465) in May, 9.3% more than in the month of May 2023. At Palma airport, figures increased to 40,460 flights, an 11.3% rise.

The ENAIRE report shows that international flights in May (125,944) increased by 11.2%; overflights (47,452), which do not originate or terminate at a Spanish airport, increased by 6.9% and domestic flights (41,069) by 6.4%. The increase in air traffic in Spain in May was 2.8 percentage points higher than the European average of 6.5%.

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All ENAIRE control centres increased the number of flights handled: Palma recorded 40,460 flights (+11.3%); Barcelona, 106,939 (+10.1%); the Canary Islands, 31,360 (+9.3%); Madrid, 111,566 (+8.0%) and Seville, 46,695 (+7.1%).

In the first five months of the year, flights managed by ENAIRE amounted to more than 886,000 flights (886,907), 9.2% more than in the same period of 2023. International flights between January and May (496,143) increased by 11.2%, overflights (205,770) by 7.3% and domestic flights (184,994) by 6.1%.

Also in the accumulated data so far this year, all ENAIRE control centres have increased the number of flights managed: Barcelona, 397,136 flights managed, 10.2% more than in 2023; Seville, 206,694, 10.0% more; Canary Islands, 169,741, 9.2% more; Madrid, 503,301, 8.7% more; and Palma, 113,119, 5.7% more.

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