Palma 2021 international air passengers 56% below 2019

Palma Son Sant Joan Airport was the third busiest airport, with 4.88 million passengers, behind Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat. Numbers in Palma were up by 228% compared to 2020, but 56.1% below 2019.

In December, Balearic airports had 149,402 passengers, five times more than in December 2020 and 30.7% lower than 2019. The Balearics was sixth in terms of passenger arrivals in December, with a 3.8% share of the national total. Palma ranked ninth, with 139,827 passengers, 3.6% of the Spanish total in Spain. This figure was 409% more than in 2020 but 32.2% lower than in 2019.

For the whole of Spain, there were 34,074,904 international passengers, 65.5% more than 2020 but down 63.9% compared to 2019. Germany accounted for 6.3 million, 56.4% lower than 2019, and the UK for 4.9 million, down 77.7%.