A record number of passengers in air transport was recorded in December 2024

Likewise, the organization assured that it was the month with highest passenger traffic in historywith 3,948,859. Previously, that position was held in the month of July 2019when they had moved 3,901,087 users.

It was then detailed that 155,679 passengers traveled from Argentina abroad without passing through Buenos Airesrepresenting a 30% more in relation to the same month of 2023. In that sense, the most relevant routes for this departure were Mendoza to Santiago de Chile in 47% of casesof Bariloche to the Chilean capital itself 29% of the times, and of Cordoba to Panama with a 25%.

There was also a significant number of international flightswith a transfer of 1,311,680 passengerssurpassing in a 12% to the amount of November 2024 and in a 10% to December 2023. All months last year They surpassed all of those in 2023they later noted.

The word of the Secretary of Transportation

Franco MogettaSecretary of Transportation of the Nation, celebrated the numbers registered by the ANAC on his social networks. Thus, he began by assuring: “The airline sector does not stop growing”.

“We had a December record in passenger air transport according to ANAC data with 2,850,356 passengers transported, exceeding December 2018 with a total of 2,587,039 passengers,” he continued.

Then he referred to growth and questioned the interventions: “In cabotage, a sustained recoveryleveraged by the country’s economic stabilization, in a more transparent airline market, without subsidies such as the pre-Trip or the ‘small plan’ that anabolicized the system by distorting it.

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A large part of the flights abroad were without passing through Buenos Aires.

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“This growth was also evident from the private sector. Argentina Airports He pointed to December 2024 as a historical milestone in Argentine aviation. When measuring passenger traffic, a total of 3,948,859 registered users were recorded, it was the month with highest passenger traffic in the history of its airports“he highlighted.

Finally, he stated: “The opening of the airline market, based on our policy of Open Skies and the numerous deregulations of the sector, laid the foundations for air transport to grow more than ever.