ance and sustainability done to improve the quality
offered to customers.
ANNUAL REPORT ‘12
BUSINESS REVIEW
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MADEIRA AIRPORTS
MADEIRA
Runways
Airlines*
Destinations**
Opening year
MADEIRA AIRPORTS
Passengers
Aircraft movements
Freight
Madeira
Porto Santo
1 1
17 3
37 4
1964 1960
2012
2.3 million
22.7 thousand
5.1 thousand tonnes
* Scheduled airlines
** Regular routes
performance, the SATA Group carried 134 thousand
fewer passengers and was joined by easyJet on the
negative side of the ledger. The low-cost carrier was
down by 64.6 thousand passengers year on year. TAP
Portugal and Transavia on the other hand registered
increases.
Perhaps it is a sign of a slight recovery in the archipel-
ago’s tourism activity that the performance of the last
half of 2012 was considerably better than that of the
first six months.
Significant events and initiatives in Madeira’s airports
included:
• The new website for Madeira airports was launched
with a mobile version, not only offering all the
information a user needs, but also displaying images
of Madeira as a tourist destination, earning it a
best-site-of-the-year award from Microsoft.
• APCER Certification for Quality and Environment
was renewed in recognition of the work in mainten-
