Azores Situation Report Wednesday 11th January 2023
– From our colleague in the Azores
Azores break record for passengers disembarking at airports in 2022
The Azores registered a record number of passengers disembarking at airports in 2022, with more than 1.8 million disembarking, according to data revealed by the Regional Statistics Service (SREA).
Between January and December of last year, 1,842,460 passengers disembarked at Azorean airports, 138,639 (8.1%) more than in 2019, the year before the covid-19 pandemic, in which the highest number of arrivals in the country had been recorded. region, according to SREA data consulted by Lusa.
After a sharp drop in 2020, due to the pandemic, with 638,821 arrivals, the region recorded a recovery in 2021, with 1,181,896 arrivals.
Compared to the same period, there was an increase of 55.9% in 2022.
“All islands show positive variations in passenger arrivals compared to the previous year. The one with the greatest variation is that of São Miguel, with 64.3% and, for the first time, exceeds one million disembarked passengers”, reads in the SREA publication.
The second island with the highest rise was Terceira (56.9%), followed by Pico (47.5%), Faial (42.2%), Santa Maria (36.1%), Graciosa (27.7%), Flores (26.3%), São Jorge (24.1%) and Corvo (16.6%).
By type of flight, disembarkations from inter-island flights stood out the most in 2022, with a total of 827,868 passengers, 36.6% more than in the previous year.
However, it was on international flights that the biggest rise was recorded compared to the same period last year (218.2%), with more than three times the number of passengers disembarked (198,387).
Passengers on flights from mainland Portugal and Madeira registered a rise of 58.9%, to 816,205.
Year-on-year growth was recorded in every month of 2022.
In relation to the month of December, whose data were released today, there was a “positive variation of 26.4% compared to the same month of the previous year” and 20.8% compared to December 2019, with 118,819 passengers disembarking.
As for boarded passengers, 112,831, there was “a positive variation of 19.9% compared to December 2019 and 25.3% compared to the same month of 2021”.
Use of plastic bags for fruit banned from June
As of June 1st, of this year, new measures will come into force to reduce the consumption of plastics in the Region
Crew members go on strike between January 25th and 31st
The National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) will advance with a prior notice of strike at work at TAP for seven days, between 25th and 31st January, according to a note sent to members.