Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 reports pax up 3.5% in Mar-2013; domestic pax up 10.6%

Argentina's Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 reported (11-Apr-2013) passenger numbers across its network increased 3.5% year-on-year in Mar-2013 to 2.25 million passengers as follows:

• International: 1.04 million passengers, -3.4%;
• Domestic: 1.22 million passengers, +10.6%

Individual airports recorded the following traffic for Mar-2013 :

• Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Airport: 820,380 passengers, +5.8%;
• Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport: 780,000 passengers, -2.8%;
• Cordoba Airport: 136,651 passengers, -5.1%;
• Mendoza Airport: 109,657 passengers, -1.5%;
• Iguazu Cataratas Airport: 67,483 passengers, +4.6%;
• Salta Airport: 59,066 passengers, +2.2%;
• Bariloche Airport: 59,543 passengers, +44.8%;
• Tucuman Airport: 40,546 passengers, +7.1%;
• Comodoro Rivadavia Airport: 38,347 passengers, +23%;
• Rio Gallegos Airport: 22,056 passengers, +7.5%.

Cargo totalled 57,030 tonnes in Mar-2013, an 8.9% year-on-year increase. [more - original PR - Spanish]