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Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport closed March with a total of 1,475,739 passengers.
This figure represents a 16.4 per cent increase compared to the same month last year, despite the fact that Easter was celebrated in March in 2024 and this year it falls in April.
This is the third consecutive monthly record of the year, both in terms of passenger volume and operations.
International traffic continues to dominate and has registered an increase of 18.2 per cent, reaching 1,274,566 passengers. Domestic traffic is also growing, adding 199,917 passengers, a 6 per cent increase compared to March 2024.
By market, the United Kingdom remains in first place, with 502,586 passengers, followed by the Netherlands (97,869), Germany (95,729), Poland (88,584), and Belgium (81,616).
Regarding the number of flights, the airport handled 9,396 operations during the month of March, representing a 19.1 per cent increase compared to the same period last year and also setting a monthly traffic record.
During the first three months of the year, Alicante-Elche Airport registered a total of 3,699,742 passengers, representing a 14.6 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2024. During the same period, 24,094 operations were recorded, representing an increase of 16.2 per cent.
Nationally, the airports of the Aena Group – which includes 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, as well as London Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil – closed March with 28,775,355 passengers, 4.3 per cent more than in March 2024. In total, 249,502 aircraft movements were managed (+3.9 per cent) and 126,889 tons of cargo were transported, representing an increase of 7.6 per cent compared to last year.
