According to data released by the Regional Statistics Service (SREA), the Azores recorded more than 203,000 passengers arriving at airports in April, an increase of 11.3% compared to the same period last year. “In April 2025, 203,733 passengers landed at airports in the Azores, representing an increase of 11.3% compared to the same month last year,” reads the report on air passenger traffic for April, published on the SREA website.

This month, the number of arrivals at airports on all the islands in the archipelago increased, with the exception of Santa Maria, which saw a drop of 9.1%. Corvo was the island with the highest increase compared to the same period last year (42.5%), followed by Flores (21.2%), Faial (12.5%), and São Miguel (12%). Terceira increased 11%, Pico 10.7%, São Jorge 9.8%, and Graciosa 8.2%.

Of the more than 203,000 passengers who landed in April, 95,853 arrived from other parts of the country (mainland and Madeira), 78,587 from inter-island flights, and 29,293 from international flights. The number of travelers on foreign flights recorded the highest year-on-year increase (28%), followed by passengers on inter-island flights, which increased by 11.8%, and those from other parts of the country, which increased by 6.7%. The number of passengers boarding flights this month rose to 197,722, 13% more than in April 2024.

Here, too, the increase was higher for international flights (28.2%), which accounted for 26,134 passengers. Inter-island flights (12%), with 78,836 passengers, and domestic flights (10.2%), with 92,752 passengers, followed. The Azores have been recording consecutive increases in the number of passengers disembarking.

In 2024, the region broke the record for arrivals for the third consecutive year, with around 2.3 million passengers, 8.3% more than in 2023. This year, there was a slight drop of 0.7% in February alone.

In Diário Insular, José Lourenço-director.

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