The airlines of the SATA group, SATA Air Açores and Azores Airlines, “transported 541,818 passengers in July and August”, which represented “100,886 passengers more than in the same period of 2019”, it was revealed this Wednesday.
According to the Azorean aviation company, this growth, which “is equivalent to an increase of 22.9% in the total number of passengers transported, is shared between both companies.”
SATA Air Açores, which provides connections between the nine islands of the Azores, “Transported 39,089 passengers (+19.1%)” and Azores Airlines, with connections outside the archipelago, “plus 61,797 passengers (+26.1%)”, specifies a statement from the SATA group sent to newsrooms.
The comparison is made in relation to 2019 because it was “the last summer in which the aviation sector registered a performance considered normal, before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic”.
SATA underlines that in 2022 the months of July and August “represented a particularly relevant highlight for the industry”, taking into account that “they were of an intensity comparable to that usual at the peak of the IATA season, in years prior to the pandemic” . , in particular the year 2019, which It has served as a reference to analyze the recovery of the sector, in the post-pandemic period”.
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The group also highlights that it was also an “even more challenging” context, given the “lack of human resources and congestion in airports and airspace.”
“This period was a test of resilience for airline operations”, underlines the Azorean aviation group, highlighting that “thanks to a great effort by all those involved, the airlines of the SATA group efficiently ensured air connections to the different destinations “. ”.
SATA recognizes “the fundamental contribution of its partners”, which made it possible to “promote mobility and tourist activity in summer, essential for the recovery of airlines and for the Azores archipelago”.
Source: Observadora
