Largest number of flights in the history of aviation in Spain managed in July

The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma), through ENAIRE, in charge of the national management of air navigation, broke the record for the highest number of flights in the history of aviation in Spain in July with 223,107 operations in a month, which makes an average of 7,197 flights a day.

This record confirms the recovery of the sector after the stoppage forced by the COVID pandemic in 2020, as well as ENAIRE ‘s leading role among air navigation service providers in Europe in recent years.

The Minister for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, celebrated these data, which make this month of July “a historic month for aviation in our country”. In this sense, she has underlined the “importance of some figures that confirm the indisputable role of Spain as a lever of a key sector for tourism (around 12% of GDP) and the creation of employment and wealth”.

The head of Mitma has also valued the “importance of teamwork” and the “strong personal commitment of all ENAIRE employees”, whose excellent work “in all regions and departments” has made it possible for “the recovery of sector has been constant throughout this year”.

“Our country has been one of the main drivers of aviation recovery since 2021, with more flight records than the European average, fewer delays and outstanding performance in safety standards, thanks to the public service commitment of the ENAIRE workers”, concluded Raquel Sánchez.

More flights than in July 2019

ENAIRE managed 1.1% more flights in July 2023 than in the same month of 2019, while the European average was 6.8% lower than the European average record for the same month of that year, which is usually taken as a reference in the sector.

In this context, it should be noted that on Saturday, July 22, ENAIRE managed 7,449 flights, a new all-time record, thus surpassing the previous record reached in July 2019, where 7,425 flights were managed in one day.

In the accumulated of the first 7 months of 2023 in terms of the level of service quality, it is noteworthy that compared to 2019 the delays attributable to ENAIRE have been reduced by 43%.

The state air navigation manager has managed more than one million two hundred thousand flights (1,236,835) in the first seven months of the year, which is 12.7% more than in the same period of 2022.

International flights (694,781) increased 10.6%; nationals (254,970), 8.9%; and overflights (287,084), which do not have their origin or destination in a Spanish airport, 21.9%.

In these first seven months, once again the ENAIRE air traffic control centres increased the number of flights managed. In figures, those of Seville stand out in the accumulated data, with 279,650 flights managed, 16.8% more; Barcelona, ​​with 579,315, 13.1% more; Madrid, with 678,907, 12.6% more; Canarias with 214,870, 10.2% and finally Palma with 198,657, 3.8% more.

The comparison of January to July 2023 with the same period of the record year of 2019 before the pandemic represents a variation of 12.7% in Spain and 12% more with respect to all flights made in Europe.

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