Alicante-Elche Airport aims to restore 51% of air traffic, compared to 2019
Written by Costa Blanca Radio on 18 March 2021
This year, Alicante-Elche Airport aims to restore 51% of air traffic, compared to 2019. In a disastrous twelve months last year, passenger numbers dropped by no less than 75%. 2020 started for the airport with a record 15 million passengers and ended with less than four million. As an added boost to the industry, airline giant Ryanair announced this week that it will open up Spain’s Costa Blanca to the Spanish islands by creating nine new connections and a total of 70 routes. That is a whopping 40% more than in the summer of 2020. Previously, Alicante-Elche airport was recognized by the Airports Council International for its health measures against Covid-19, when it was awarded the ‘best hygiene measures’ in Europe on the basis of the opinions of passengers collected in the ASQ (Airport Service Quality Program) surveys.
