By Richard Torné
Almería airport has reported soaring passenger numbers for the second month running, civil airports authority Aena has said.
A total of 48,325 passengers used the provincial airport in February – representing a 46.5 per cent rise compared to the same period in 2015, although most (39,446) flew on domestic flights.
The remainder flew from abroad, mostly from the UK and Belgium, and although the figure was more modest it represented a 55 per cent year on year increase.
Significantly, a total of 6,202 travellers flew to and from Gatwick and Manchester airports, representing a huge 87.6 per cent rise compared to February 2015.
The news comes after the best January figures since 2012, when Almería airport recorded the second biggest increase in passenger numbers in Spain.
There would be more people flying to Almeria if we could get flights from Luton. And not having to go to Gatwick.
why cant they fly from east midlands or birmingham
When it comes to regional Spanish airports Almeria is one of the best ….us brits love you so pls pls pls do the deals with the airlines and we’ll happily start flying direct from the UK rather than landing in Malaga or Murcia….
Why do we have to go to Gatwick from Cardiff, or in other words,
from Wales to England then Almeria.
Why not fly from Cardiff and save going from Wales to England.
Why can you not fly to Almeria from the north eg Newcastle or Leeds
Love flying in to Almeria airport but no longer able to fly from East Midlands Luton would also be a better option for us rather than having to fly from Gatwick or Stansted (seasonal)
Wish they had flights from East Midlands airport,it’s a pain having to get to Gatwick or Stansted so early