International air traffic managed by the ENAIRE Control Centre in Seville up by nearly 8%
Of the almost 25,000 total flights, 11,508 were with other countriesThe ENAIRE Control Centre in Seville managed a total of 11,508 international flights in January 2017, 7.9 % more than the same month the previous year.
The total number of January flights came in at 25,442, around 5.5 % more and vastly above the European average last month (+2.7%).
There was a 2% rise in domestic flights (7,437), while overflights (those that neither start nor end at a Spanish airport) grew by 5.7 % to a total of 6,497.
ENAIRE, the air navigation manager in Spain, handled a total of 125,721 flights in January 2017, 8% more than the same month last year. International traffic posted its highest-ever growth: 70,468 flights, up 10.8%. There was also a record number of overflights (those that neither start nor end at a Spanish airport), with 27,884 flights (+6.5%).
About ENAIRE
ENAIRE is the public business entity reporting to the Ministry of Public Works that manages Europe’s fourth-largest airspace in terms of traffic through five control centres, 22 control towers and a network of aeronautical infrastructures and equipment. It manages nearly 2 million flights per annum, carrying over 200 million people every year.
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