ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has almost beaten last year’s passenger total with two months to spare.
The Costa Blanca facility recorded a tenth successive record month for users, notching up just over 1.9 million travellers- a third of which came from the UK.
So far this year, 17.2 million people have used the airport, compared to the 2024 total of 18.3 million- an 8.3% increase.
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With current trends, there’s an outside chance of hitting the 20 million mark by December 31, especially as new routes are being laid on.
October’s total was up by 5.9% compared to last year.
This year’s trend of rising international passengers coupled with falling domestic travellers continued.
Last month, foreign traffic increased by 7.3% over a year to 1.68 million people while internal passengers stood at 217,233- down by 4.5%.
The United Kingdom dominated October’s figures with 631,771 passengers.
That was followed by Germany, with 129,127; the Netherlands with 118,996; Belgium, with 98,841; and the rising market of Poland, with 91,695 people.
It was also the busiest October yet for flight numbers at 11.931, an increase of 6.1%.
Alicante-Elche maintained its fifth place among the busiest airports in Spain, behind Malaga with 2.5 million passengers.
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