According to data from the Regional Statistics Service (SREA), more than 303,000 passengers disembarked at airports in the Azores in July, an increase of 8.9% compared to the same period last year.
“In July 2024, 303,985 passengers disembarked at Azorean airports, a positive variation of 8.9% compared to the same month of the previous year,” reads the SREA report on air passenger movements for July.
Between January and July, the Azores recorded 1,281,345 arrivals at airports, 102,555 (8.7%) more than in the same period in 2023.
In July, almost all the Azorean islands recorded increases in arrivals at airports compared to last year, except the island of Faial, which practically stagnated, with a drop of 0.1%.
Graciosa had the highest growth (20.7%) compared to July 2023, followed by Flores (14.4%), São Miguel (13.5%), Corvo (9.3%), and Pico (8.2%).
The islands of São Jorge (1.5%), Santa Maria (1.4%), and Terceira (1.3%) saw less significant increases.
The island of São Miguel accounted for more than half of the passengers disembarking in July (172,181), followed by Terceira (60,820), Faial (21,191), and Pico (18,084).

Of the almost 304,000 passengers disembarking by air in the Azores in July, 134,233 came from inter-island flights, 111,488 from flights from the rest of the country (mainland Portugal and Madeira), and 58,264 from international flights.
Travelers from abroad, however, recorded the biggest year-on-year increase (25.2%), significantly higher than among passengers on inter-island flights (4.4%) and those from the rest of Portugal (6.7%).
The number of passengers boarding this month was 287,230, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.6%.
In this case, too, passengers embarking on international flights (54,054) saw the biggest increase (25%), followed by those embarking on inter-island flights (6.9%), which amounted to 134,196, and territorial flights (6%), which reached 98,980.

In Diário Insular-José Lourenço-director

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