Tourism

Balearic airports had their best ever August

The growth in passenger numbers has been unbroken for 22 months.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporterPalma14/09/2015 00:00

The Spanish airports’ network has registered its busiest ever August, the volume of passengers having increased by almost 5% to over 24 million, which consisted of 17.3 million international travellers (a rise of 3.9%): the increase in domestic travellers was one of 7%.

The three Balearic airports had their best ever August, though growth at Palma’s Son Sant Joan was relatively modest.
It was up to 3.7 million passengers, a rise of 0.9%, while Ibiza registered 1.3 million (+2.3%) and Minorca 630,522 passengers, which represented an increase of 5.5%.

Palma was the third busiest Spanish airport through the whole of August, with Madrid having headed the list with 4.5 million passengers followed by Barcelona El-Prat with 4.3 million. Palma was likewise in third place in terms of flights.

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Andy Rawson | over 9 years ago

There are lies, damn lies and Balearics statistics.

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Steve Riches | over 9 years ago

Before the Balearics pats itself on the back and further relaxes its poor efforts at attracting tourists, it's worth pointing out that most of the increase in visitors was down to the Tunisian atrocity plus the weakness of the Euro which make the place financially wonderful for all the Brits.

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