Last May, the airports of Royal Air Maroc recorded the movement of 421.4 thousand passengers, who were transported in 2867 aircraft (commercial flights), which led to annual changes of 11.2% and 1.5%, respectively.
Exactly this is indicated by the data released today by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), based on information from ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, which also indicates that when compared to May 2019 (pre-pandemic period), there was this The month also witnessed a growth in passenger traffic of 42.8% and 26.2% in aircraft traffic.
“Already looking at the 2023 backlog (January to May), the annual changes in aircraft and passenger traffic were +23.7% and +37.2% respectively. Each aircraft (looking at those that landed and took off together) carried, on average, about 153 passengers (140 in May 2022) at Madeira airport, while in Porto Santo this figure exceeded 85 passengers (69 in the corresponding month), ”can also be read in the note issued.
DREM also notes that in May 2023, RAM domestic and international airport traffic registered positive year-on-year differences, with international traffic growing (+15.4%) from domestic traffic (+6.6%). Compared to the same period before the pandemic (2019), international traffic grew by 43.9% and domestic traffic by 41.4%.
At Madeira Airport, international traffic (54.9%) prevailed over domestic traffic (45.1% of the total). At Porto Santo Airport, domestic traffic prevails (66.6% of the total), but with less variation compared to the previous April. In this reference month, scheduled flights at Royal Air Maroc airports accounted for 91.3% of all aircraft handled and 93.2% of passengers (91.4% and 92.8% in the same period, respectively), he adds.
It is also expected that in the period under analysis, the occupancy of aircraft handled at Royal Air Maroc airports was around 87.1%, with Madeira airport reaching 88.0% and Porto Santo reaching 74.7%. In the same period last year, the occupancy rate was lower, at 79.6%, 80.4% and 65.8% in the same order.
“In the first five months of 2023, passengers boarded and disembarked at airports in Royal Air Maroc amounted to 1,885,000, half corresponding only to traffic between airports located in the national territory, which includes domestic and domestic connections (47.1% of the total) and another international move (52.9%). Within the scope of the latter, the United Kingdom was the main country of origin and destination for international flights from airports in Royal Air Maroc (34.0%), followed by Germany (21.1%) and France (8.5%)”, ends DREM .
