Alex Trelinski
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September.
Over a third of travellers came from the United Kingdom.
Last month’s total was 5.9% more than a year ago with international traffic up by 8% while domestic flights were down by the same figure.
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The numbers for the first nine months of 2025 stand at 15.3 million- up 8.6% on the previous year.
The cumulative flight total is 95,524, an annual increase of 8.5%.
It means that Alicante-Elche airport is almost certain to beat last year’s record passenger total of just under 18.4 million which was up by 16.8% on 2023.
The September breakdown of foreign arrivals offered no surprises with the United Kingdom dominating with 653,522 passengers.
It was followed by Germany, with 118,783; the Netherlands, with 110,166; Belgium, with 92,439; and France, with 89,730.
Alicante-Elche airport accounted for 6.25% of air passengers arriving in Spain last month via airports operated by Aena.
With numbers of flights and passengers set to carry on rising, over €1 billion will be invested in converting the old terminal building to cater for non-Schengen area arrivals and flights.
There will also be an additional taxiway for planes.
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