Air traffic closes first half with nearly 12 million people traveling by plane

Air traffic in Chile ended the first half of the year marked by continued growth in the number of passengers carried.

The latest report, prepared by the Junta de Aeronáutica Civil (JAC) for June, showed that the use of the aircraft as a means of transport, both to fly to the airport and to the airport. abroad and on the national territory, maintains a high rate of growth. In fact, only in the sixth month of the year, air traffic increased by 8.8% to the total level.

The impetus was given by domestic flights, which increased by 17.8% in comparison with the same month of 2017. With this, the largest expansion since 2012 is recorded with 922,086 passengers transported.

While, at the consolidated level, air traffic accumulates an increase of 11.8% in the first six months of the year, during which 11,875,635 persons used the same amount. plane as a means of transport to fly to or from Chile.

In detail, national air traffic increased by 16.8% between January and June. 2018 compared to the same period of the previous year – carrying 6,367,170 people, while at the international level, the increase was 6.6% – 5,508,465 users made trips to or from from abroad.

recorded this first half of the year is a good indicator of the country's economic dynamism as well as the ability of the airline industry to meet the needs of the population, "said Gloria Hutt, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications.

For his part, JAC Secretary General Jaime Binder He added that "the first half figures make us optimistic and reinforce our projection of an increase in double-digit air traffic for 2018 And first half figures, where 1,256,422 passengers were mobilized more than last year, reflect that. "

Effect of unemployment in Argentina

Although overall growth was strong in June, the international traffic contracted by 0.2% compared to the same month last year, recording the mobilization of 785,904 passengers. This, was affected in part by the general strike in Argentina, which resulted in a 29.4% decrease in travel between Chile and Buenos Aires, as well as a generalized decrease in main roads with that country . [19659002Finallyonlytenyearsoftheyeartherewere1707990personswhousedthetransportfortheChileanandinternationalflights

As regards the main domestic routes preferred by users, in June they pointed out: Santiago-Antofagasta (135,446); Santiago-Calama (130, 198); Santiago-Concepción (100.275).

For its part, at the international level, the trend of destinations with the largest passenger movement continues: Buenos Aires, Lima and Sao Paulo.