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Date Published: 12/08/2020
ARCHIVED - Corvera airport lost 80 per cent of passengers during July
Airports across Spain lost 70-80 per cent of ther passengers on average.
Image: Taken by Lisa Derry on a flight to Spain this week; hardly anyone on the flight
Alicante airport also lost 75.4 percent of its passengers.
There is no doubting the difficulties being faced by airlines at the moment as the Covid pandemic continues to cause chaos for travellers worldwide.
Air travel is one of the sectors experiencing the greatest problems, with airlines facing loss of customer confidence and a dramatic decline in demand for flights as countries impose restrictions on travellers either entering their own borders or on their own nationals travelling abroad.
The latest list of countries from within the Schengen zone imposing restrictions on travel to and from Spain makes sobering reading, the UK one of many countries advising against travel to Spain due to the growing level of Covid cases within the country.
On a daily basis there are more than 2,000 new cases of Covid in Spain (see figures for Tuesday; 3,632 new cases or for the weekend, during which there were more than 8,600 new cases) and although significant efforts are being made to lockdown detected cases and limit the spread of the virus there is no hiding from the FACT that the significant number of new cases and number of outbreaks right across the country is justifiable grounds for concern (and is NOT scaremongering as is the accusation most commonly levelled against the media on expat social media pages).
The decision of the British Government to impose a 14 day quarantine on travellers between Spain and the UK is hitting the Murcia region hard, as 50% of tourists to this region come from the UK, and the results of that decision are now clearly visible on flights from the UK, many of which are carrying less than 50% of their normal passenger levels, making it very easy for passengers to travel safely with social distancing on flights and in airports very easy to observe as the image clearly shows.
The only upside of this is that readers report feeling very safe when they do travel!
Many passengers have chosen not to fly due to the difficulties of complying with a 14 day quarantine upon their return to the UK and those who want to visit families in the UK are also faced with the prospect of having to spend their 14 day family visit in a quarantine as well, the result being a significant number of cancellations.
Corvera airport faces a very difficult autumn, as Jet2 have already pulled Corvera flights for this autumn, obliging passengers to fly to Alicante and both Ryanair and EasyJet have shuffled their own flight schedules to try and consolidate the number of flights to a minimum in the hope of making them viable and maintaining a service.
The same situation is occurring at every Spanish airport, with reduced services and reduced timetables, as airlines adjust their schedules to meet the demand, reshuffle their aircraft and personnel onto the routes most likely to cover their costs and attempt to keep their heads above water for whenever we switch into a “post-covid” scenario.
Until vaccines are available and contagions fall, there is little that we can do other than accept the situation, add our little grain of sand to the beach by complying with the regulations and attempting to avoid the virus ourselves and staying informed so that we can make the best decisions based on the current information.
Hotel reservations are also reported to be 50% down in the Murcia region, although the principal cancellations during July relate to the decline in the domestic market, many Spaniards choosing to rent country farmhouses, take holidays in camper vans or simply stay at home this year.
Aena; Airport stats for July.
During July airports within the Aena network (virtually every airport in Spain) lost 76.2% of their normal July international traffic, processing only 6,987,828 passengers nationwide. Most airports lost 70-80% of their passenger traffic, a few examples being Madrid Barajas (-83.3%), Barcelona El Prat (-83.7%) and Alicante Elche (-75.4%).
The Canary and Balearic islands processed the highest number of passengers, Palma de Mallorca handling the highest number of passengers in Spain during July. However, even the 1,102,854 passengers processed by the airport was 73.8% less than normal.
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