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MALAGA Airport recorded record passenger numbers in the last month due to the continued suspension of high-speed trains, which forces travellers to seek alternative routes to reach the Costa del Sol.
An unprecedented total of 1.6 million passengers passed through the airport during February – 3.5 per cent more than during the same period in 2025.
Nearly 300,000 of these were travelling from and to Madrid, showing the extent to which Andalucia’s shutdown of its high-speed railway services has contributed to this rise.
In the worst rail accident to hit Spain since Santiago de Compostela 2013, two high-speed train derailed at Adamuz.
The rear carriages of an Iryo train bound for Madrid, carrying more than 300 passengers, flipped over onto an adjacent track and collided into an oncoming Huelva-bound train.
Investigations into the causes of this accident continue.
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Alora’s landslide has caused a separate blockage of Malaga.
The transport ministry anticipates that the line will be fully operational on March 23, 2019.
Malaga Airport handled 1.6 million passengers in February. Of these, 1.25 million took international flights.
Last month, more than 305,000 Brits used the airport.
Germany (115.365), the Netherlands (91.431), Poland (77.269), and Italy (74.683) are all followed by the UK.
In total, 3,061,153 passengers have passed through Malaga Airport so far this year – 4.3 per cent more than in the same period last year.
The growth in national airport traffic is also evident. Airport operator Aena reported that Spanish airports handled more than 2,8% additional passengers last month, compared with February the year before.
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