Corporacion America Airports has seen steady improvement in passenger traffic across its airports for the first half of 2023.

While it has given up the Natal Airport concession in Brazil, and is also facing difficulties with its concessions in Nigeria, it appears to be largely on track with the expansion of many of its airports and its advance into the vertiports business.

In the first half of 2023, Corporacion America Airports saw a 33.8% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic at the airports under its management. The operator saw handled a total of 38.2 million passengers at its airports in the period, a significant growth from the 28.5 million passengers handled in the same period in 2022.

In June 2023, Corporacion America Airports handled 6.8 million passengers, a 32.4% year-on-year increase from the 5.1 million passengers handled in June 2022. More importantly, passenger traffic in June 2023 had surpassed that in pre-pandemic June 2019 by 2.6% for the first time.

Corporacion America Airports 6M Pax Traffic (2023 vs 2022)

@Corporacion America Airports Press Release for June 2023

The passenger traffic handled by Corporacion America Airports in Argentina, run by subsidiary AA2000, took up around 50% of the total passenger traffic handled by Corporacion America Airports in the first half of 2023 and 2022.

At 20.5 million passengers in the first half of 2023, the airports operated by AA2000 saw a 39.3% increase year-on-year compared to the 14.7 million passengers handled in the same period in 2022.

Passenger traffic for the first half of 2023 saw improvements on a year-on-year basis across all markets.