Spanish airports record increase in passenger numbers

Airline Industry Information, July 19, 2005

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Passenger traffic at Spain's airports increased in June 2005 from a year earlier, Spanish airport authority AENA said in a statement.

According to AENA, passenger traffic at Spain's airports rose 8.6% to 16.5m. Madrid's Barajas airport registered the most traffic in the month, with 3.5 million passengers, an increase of 5.5%, while Barcelona's El Prat airport recorded a 9.7% increase in the number of passengers, to 2.4m.

In the January-June period total passenger traffic increased 8.3% to 82.6m, reported AFX.

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