Nador-El Aroui airport welcomed a total of 95,370 passengers during the period from February 7 (1st day of resumption of international flights) to March 31, 2022, indicates the National Airports Office (ONDA).
This volume of passenger traffic represents a recovery rate of 105% compared to the same period of 2019 (91,108 passengers), underlines the ONDA in a press release.
The same airport recorded, between February 7 and March 31, 2022, a total of 1,006 airport movements, compared to 735 movements during the similar period of 2019, representing a recovery rate of 137%, reports MAP.
For the month of March alone, this airport welcomed 61,843 passengers through 642 flights. This volume of commercial traffic represents a recovery rate of 116% for passengers and 152% for airport movements, compared to the same month of 2019.
Nador-El Aroui Airport ranks 7th nationally in terms of passenger air traffic volume and airport movements.
The Kingdom’s airports welcomed 2,228,723 passengers through 21,330 air flights, during the period from February 7 to March 31, 2022.
During the month of March, Moroccan airports recorded a commercial traffic volume of 1,452,030 passengers and 13,543 flights, representing a recovery rate compared to the same period of 2019 of 70% for passengers and 80 % for airport movements.
Of the 26 airports open to air traffic, only 17 airports have been served since the reopening of national airspace, says ONDA.
It should be noted that airports in the North and East regions experienced the strongest growth, with recovery rates exceeding 100%.