Aena’s airports welcome 35 million passengers in October

Global operator, Aena, handled 35 million passengers across its airport system spanning two continents in October.

The total represented a 4.5% increase on the corresponding month a year ago as traffic across its 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport in the UK and 17 gateways in Brazil  experienced a healthy upturn in passengers.

Between them the airports also handled 295,929 aircraft (+4.3%) and 150,175 tonnes of cargo (+9.3%) during the month.

In cumulative terms, from January to October, 329,225,575 passengers have passed through Aena Group airports (+4.1%); 2,795,051 aircraft movements (+2.6%); and 1,250,367 tonnes of freight (+7.2%) more than in the same period in 2024.

AIRPORTS IN SPAIN

The airports of the Aena network in Spain closed October with 29,496,984 passengers, 4.4% more than in the same month in 2024, with Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport leading the way by accommodating just over six million passengers – 6.3% compared to October 2024.

It was followed by Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 5,243,506 (+5.6%), Palma de Mallorca, with 3,501,199 (+0.3%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 2,576,610 (+6.1%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 1,902,792 (+5.9%).

In October, Sevilla Airport and Ceuta Heliport recorded the best passenger figures in their history.

In terms of operations, the airport with the most movements in October was Madrid-Barajas, with a total of 38,108 (+7.7% compared with 2024), followed by Barcelona-El Prat, with 32,802 flights (+4.1%); Palma de Mallorca, with 25,768 (+1.4%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 17,417 (+3.9%); Gran Canaria, with 12,086 (+0.8%) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 11,931 landings and take-offs (+6.1%).

The leading airports for cargo during the month were Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona, which recorded increases of 10.7%, 4.8% and 12.6% over October 2024 courtesy of handling 80,497 tonnes,  22,010 tonnes and 19,130 tonnes of freight respectively.

AENA BRASIL AIRPORTS

Just over four million passengers passed through Aena Brasil’s 17 Brazilian gateways in October – 4.7% more than in the corresponding month a year ago.

Broken down by airport group, ANB’s six airports handled 1,477,308 passengers (+4.9%) with Recife reporting a 2.5% upturn by accommodating 876,393 passengers.

While its BOAB group of eleven airports recorded 2,558,812 passengers in October (+4.6%). Among them, Congonhas Airport stands out with 2,176,654 passengers (+5.9%).

The latest totals mean that between January and October 2025 some 37,615,634 passengers passed through Aena airports in Brazil (+5.4%).

LONDON LUTON AIRPORT

Aena’s UK gateway, London Luton also enjoyed a good month, handling 1.56 million passengers (+5.7%) and 12,094 aircraft movements (+3.6%), although its October freight total of 2,634 tonnes was 8.3% down on the same month last year.

The results mean that the airport handled 15,011,548 passengers (+4.9%), 115,083 aircraft movements (+2.2%) and 25,080 tonnes of cargo (-3.9%) in the first 10 months of 2025.