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The movement of passengers at the airports of the Archipelago of Madeira, set in the month of March, 41.8% above the year 2019.
According to the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM), based on information from ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal, the first data on air transport in Madeira for the month of March 2023, "already exceeded one million passengers".
Thus, and in the month in reference, "there was a movement of 392.1 thousand passengers, transported in 2,793 aircraft (commercial flights), translating year-on-year variations of 49.5% and 37.0%, respectively". When compared with March 2019 (pre-pandemic period), "there was also a growth of 41.8% in passenger movement and 33.4% in aircraft movement".
As for the accumulated 2023 (from January to March), "the variations in aircraft and passenger movements were 44.3% and 67.6%", respectively.
An important data, made known by the DREM, reveals that in March 2023, "each aircraft (considering together those that landed and took off) carried, on average, about 146 passengers (135 in March 2022), in the Madeira airport, while in Porto Santo that figure was 59 passengers (49 in the same month)".
