Spanish August airport traffic close to pre-pandemic levels

Spanish airport passenger traffic in August almost reached pre-pandemic levels, airport operator AENA said on Monday. More than 27.3m passengers passed through Aena’s airports in August, 93% of the number of people flying in Spain in August 2019, the company said in a statement. Over 159m passengers transited Spanish airports during the first 8 months of the year. In June, Aena estimated passenger traffic would rise to between 75% and 85% of 2019 levels in 2022, raising its forecast after demand for summer travel bounced back. The swift recovery that followed the lifting of most COVID-induced travel restrictions led to disruptions in most European airports such as congestion and hour-long queues at security and passport controls.<br/>