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Air transport. Movement of aircraft and goods. By type of flight

Air transport. Movement of aircraft and goods. By type of flight Catalonia. 2020
Value Variation (%)
Aircraft 162,052 -60.5
Scheduled traffic 115,329 -66.4
Unscheduled traffic 8,326 -49.0
Other 38,397 -24.7
Goods (tonnes) 114,642.0 -35.4
Scheduled traffic 103,102.0 -39.5
Unscheduled traffic 11,282.9 66.4
Other 257.1 816.9
Source: AENA. Air traffic statistics; Department of Territory and Sustainability. Aeroports de Catalunya.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Air transport. Movement of aircraft and goods. By type of flight Spain. 2020
Value Variation (%)
Aircraft 1,101,185 -53.4
Scheduled traffic 750,620 -60.4
Unscheduled traffic 79,320 -44.8
Other 271,245 -15.7
Goods (tonnes) 788,580.4 -26.2
Scheduled traffic 655,044.4 -32.4
Unscheduled traffic 130,283.6 34.9
Other 3,252.5 -7.4
Source: AENA. Air traffic statistics.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.

Last update: January 18, 2021. Revised series on March 29, 2022.

Methodological note

The movement of aircraft and goods measures all flights on scheduled, unscheduled flights, and other types of traffic provided by national or foreign companies.

Movement of goods means the tonnes transported on regular or charter flights. It represents the freight which pays on a particular flight and is calculated once in national and international goods classifications.

Scheduled traffic is understood as a commercial air service with a fixed schedule which occurs regardless of the number of passengers who are flying on the plane.

Unscheduled traffic (or charter) is understood as a commercial air service carried out by means of remuneration where the operation is not reported as a regular service.

Other types of traffic include commercial traffic, which cannot be considered as regular or charter, and non-commercial traffic (include the operations related to the movement of military aircraft, of the State, private, and aerial work).

The Catalonia data includes the movement of aircraft and goods in the airports of Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, Girona-Costa Brava, Reus and Lleida-Alguaire. Since the month of February 2015, the data on the Lleida-Alguaire airport has been provided by Airports of Catalonia.

From January 2016, data of passengers, aircrafts and goods are actualized from the Estadísticas de tráfico aéreo published by AENA. This source change involves the review of all published periods up to this date. This review allows for the addition of new information linked with the movements of other types of traffic.