Malaga airport is prepared for the August rush: 2,420 flights expected in four days

Málaga Airport is prepared for the surge of travelers at the beginning of August. Airlines have scheduled 2,420 flights for this operation, which will start this Thursday, the 31st, and end on Sunday, August 3rd. Over these four days, an average of more than 600 planes will land and take off from the runways. Specifically, on Friday the 1st, a peak of 630 aircraft movements is expected, according to data provided by Aena.

Following this highly intense day, there will be 612 flights on next Sunday and 600 on this Thursday. Only on Saturday, August 2nd, the number will decrease to 578 planes arriving and departing from these facilities. It is worth remembering that last year during this same operation, only two days exceeded six hundred flights, reaching precisely 602 flights.

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Airlines have scheduled 40 more flights for this vacation start operation than at the beginning of August 2024.

Aena's statistics show the strength of the international market. Out of the 2,420 flights, a total of 1,933 are destined for or originating from airports outside Spanish borders.

For this August operation, airlines have scheduled forty more flights than in the same period last year. And a much higher activity level is expected compared to the beginning of July, during which 1,798 flights were operated, 29 more than in 2024.