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SPAIN’S tourism growth is mirrored in Malaga Airport’s record-breaking August when 2.6 million guests flew in, a 9.6% improve on final yr.
The most important contributors by far to the nationwide tourism explosion are the Brits, with 1 / 4 of Malaga’s flights final month coming from the UK.
Total, the airport additionally noticed 18,083 flights in August, a 6.7% improve, with a median of 85,548 passengers passing by every day.
Each home and worldwide visitors contributed to this outstanding progress.
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Whereas home flights elevated by 5.3%, worldwide flights skilled an much more vital surge of 10.7%.
The UK remained the highest worldwide market (644,776 passengers), adopted by Germany (217,810), France (172,912), the Netherlands (135,690), and Italy (135,690).
Nevertheless, it was Qatar, Croatia, and Romania that noticed probably the most spectacular progress charges, with passenger numbers greater than doubling in every of those markets.
The Czech Republic (up 68.6%), Greece (up 59.4%), and Poland (up 58%) additionally noticed large customer will increase.
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The robust August efficiency has boosted the year-to-date figures for Malaga Airport.
From January to August 2024, a complete of 16,805,416 passengers travelled by the airport, a 12.6% improve over the identical interval final yr.
Of those, 2,868,970 had been on home routes, up 6.5%, whereas 13,897,135 had been worldwide, up 14%.
The airport additionally managed 117,270 landings and take-offs, up 8.6% from the primary eight months of 2023.
Air China is reportedly contemplating launching three direct flights per week to Malaga, Seville, or Granada from China, probably additional increasing Malaga’s world connectivity.
