Statistics Portugal

09/17/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/17/2021 04:04

Air transport kept growth trend in July

Summary

In July 2021, there was a movement of 2.8 million passengers at national airports and the movement of freight and mail totalled 16.5 thousand tonnes (+116.1% and +71.9%, vis-à-vis July 2020, respectively).
Compared to July 2019, the movement of passengers at national airports decreased by 55.8% and the movement of freight and mail reduced by 10.3%.
Between January and July 2021, France was the main country of origin and destination of flights, followed, with a significantly smaller volume of passengers, by the United Kingdom and Germany.