Palma de Mallorca Airport pax up 3%, cargo down 7% in Oct-2013; Germany remains top foreign market

Spain's Palma de Mallorca Airport passenger numbers up 3% - traffic highlights for Oct-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 2.2 million, +3.0% year-on-year;
• Cargo volume: 1092 tonnes, -6.9%;
• Aircraft movements: 16,435, -0.5%. [more - original PR - Spanish]

The Oct-2013 result (08-Nov-2013) was a new record for the airport for the month of October on the back of a 6.2% increase in international passengers to 1.9 million. The German market remained the top foreign market for the airport, with 990,168 passengers, an increase of 5.3% and accounting for 44% of the airport's total traffic.