Passenger numbers at Palma Airport in September were up five per cent

Record number of passengers for Spain's airports

Passengers at Palma Son Sant Joan Airport, Mallorca

Almost four million passengers in September. | Archive

Andrew EdePalma14/10/2023 09:05

In September, total passenger numbers at Palma Son Sant Joan Airport (arriving and departing) were up 5.5% compared with last September to 3.9 million.

As is typically the case over the summer tourism season, Palma was the third busiest airport in Spain. Madrid-Barajas Airport led the way with 5.4 million passengers, an increase of 12.5% year on year, followed by Barcelona-El Prat with 4.6 million, up 9.1%.

For the whole Aena network of airports, this September was a record month. The total number of passengers was 27.5 million, 10.7% higher than in 2022 and 1.5% more than in 2019.

Behind Palma were Malaga-Costa del Sol with 2.3 million passengers, 20% more; Alicante-Elche with 1.6 million, 15.1% more; Ibiza with 1.2 million (up 7.5%); and Gran Canaria with just over one million, 9.4% more.