Alex Trelinski
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new passenger record for June with 1.9 million travellers- up 8.4% on a year earlier.
Over a third of the passengers came from the United Kingdom with a total of 656,000 people.
Germany came a distant second with 113,350 followed by the Netherlands with 106,442 and Poland on 90.371.
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Domestic services last month registered just 229,920 travellers- down 3.2% compared to the same month in 2024.
Alicante-Elche airport also recorded a June monthly record for flights with 11,730 services which was an increase of 7.1% over 12 months.
The first half of the year clocked 9.2 million passengers- an increase of 10.3% on 2024’s figures.
It was the only double-digit percentage rise among the top five airports in the country’s network operated by Aena.
Elsewhere Madrid airport had 32.6 million passengers- a 3% increase- followed by Barcelona airport on 27.1 million- a rise of 4.2%;.
Palma de Mallorca was on 14.5 million up to June- a 2.2% increase- and then Malaga with 12.3 million- a 7.8% increase- followed by Alicante-Elche.
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