Mozambique airport passenger traffic falls 9% in 2025
The 2025 Annual Report of Aeroportos de Moçambique shows a 9.32% decline in passenger numbers at national airports compared with 2024, and a 14.87% drop versus 2019. Aircraft movements totals fell to 54,495, down 10.93% from the previous year and 18.26% from 2019, while the number of flights that actually entered national airspace rose slightly to 32,901, representing 100.34% of scheduled operations.
Cargo throughput decreased to 7,842 tonnes (‑28.44% vs 2024, ‑55.91% vs 2019) and mail handling fell to 275 tonnes (‑43.53% vs 2024, ‑48.69% vs 2019). Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) remained the largest carrier, carrying 54% of passengers, mainly on domestic routes. The report attributes the weak performance partly to operational constraints at LAM, including fleet unavailability and social unrest following the February 2025 post‑election protests.
Entities: Aeroportos de Moçambique · AirHelp · Instituto Nacional de Estatística · Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique · Mozambique · Tomasz Pawliszyn
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- [○ 1 SOURCE] Portuguese residents made about 5.6 million trips in Q1 2026, a 7% year‑on‑year increase. (Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE))
- [○ 1 SOURCE] International trips by Portuguese residents in Q1 2026 rose 30% to 923.8 thousand. (Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE))
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Mozambique airports handled 1,863,772 passengers in 2025, a 9.32% decline from 2024. (Aeroportos de Moçambique report)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Aircraft movements at Mozambique airports in 2025 totaled 54,495, down 10.93% from 2024. (Aeroportos de Moçambique report)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique carried 54% of the country's passenger traffic in 2025. (Aeroportos de Moçambique report)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Mozambique handled 7,842 tonnes of cargo in 2025, a 28.44% decline from 2024. (Aeroportos de Moçambique report)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] AirHelp reached over one million users in its first year and recorded five million flight‑related searches. (AirHelp CEO Tomasz Pawliszyn)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] In Portugal, about 81,000 flights were delayed or cancelled in 2025, affecting over 11.6 million passengers (36% of travellers). (Portuguese aviation data 2025)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Total aircraft movements in 2025 were 54,495, a decrease of 10.93% from 2024 and 18.26% from 2019. (2025 Annual Report of Aeroportos de Moçambique)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) carried 54% of passengers in 2025, mainly on domestic routes. (2025 Annual Report of Aeroportos de Moçambique)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Mail handled in 2025 was 275 tonnes, a decline of 43.53% from 2024 and 48.69% from 2019. (2025 Annual Report of Aeroportos de Moçambique)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Passenger traffic at Mozambique national airports fell 9.32% in 2025 compared with 2024. (2025 Annual Report of Aeroportos de Moçambique)