2016 has started very well for tourism numbers and data released by the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation Authority (AENA) supports this.

When looking at the first two months of the year Andalucian airports reported an increase in passenger numbers of 16.2%, when compared to the same period in 2015. The total number of passengers passing through was 2,374,543. February alone saw 1,243,314 passengers with over 14,500 flights.

Málaga Airport was the busiest with 1,527,221 passengers passing through during January and February, representing an increase of 15.7% over the same period in 2015.

The passengers were spread over more than 12,500 flight operations which is also the highest number of all the Andalucian airports. This was an increase of 11.9% over the previous year.

Representatives of Málaga Airport said “continues on the path of growth with which it closed 2015,” with a rise of 17.8% in passenger numbers and a 14.5% increase in the number of flights during February 2016, when compared to the same month in 2015.