he Air transport Increasingly popular. Before airlines Low cost They have managed to make flying not only for the elite, but the number of people taking the plane is increasing year by year. That is why Aena continues to review its forecasts for traffic growth at its airports. In 2024, the company raised its forecast by 8.3%, a number that means once again breaking the historical record for the number of passengers it received in 2023 and exceeding the record number of passengers it received in 2023. Threshold of 300 million. Not only that, but expectations for an increase have risen in recent reviews. In the first case there was talk of a 3.8% rise, and before the latter a 7.1% rise was expected.
Spain’s airport director has already set a historic passenger record in 2023, when a total of 283 million people boarded a plane in just one year. However, the expected growth now is much greater, because if 8.3% is applied to this figure, 306.7 million passengers will be obtained, which is another number A record for AinaThe airport director also informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on Tuesday.
The main reason for this change is demand, which continues to grow and becomes stronger during the summer. In this sense, the company confirms that the number of passengers who passed through the Aena network in Spain during the first five months of the year increased by 11.4% compared to The same period of the previous year, reaching 114.7 million. Likewise, it took into account the large supply of seats scheduled by airlines for the coming months, the improvement in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic outlook for Spain and the level of demand from major exporting countries. However, he emphasizes that these reasons are only limited to the year 2024 and will not be carried over to the rest of the period included in Aena’s strategic plan.
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