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Mozambique airport passenger traffic falls 9% in 2025

Mozambique airports passenger decline LAM constraints cargo reduction aircraft movements

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

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Portuguese residents made about 5.6 million trips in Q1 2026, a 7% year‑on‑year increase. opcaoturismo.pt
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] International trips by Portuguese residents in Q1 2026 rose 30% to 923.8 thousand. opcaoturismo.pt
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Mozambique airports handled 1,863,772 passengers in 2025, a 9.32% decline from 2024. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Aircraft movements at Mozambique airports in 2025 totaled 54,495, down 10.93% from 2024. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique carried 54% of the country's passenger traffic in 2025. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Mozambique handled 7,842 tonnes of cargo in 2025, a 28.44% decline from 2024. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] AirHelp reached over one million users in its first year and recorded five million flight‑related searches. jornaleconomico.sapo.pt
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] In Portugal, about 81,000 flights were delayed or cancelled in 2025, affecting over 11.6 million passengers (36% of travellers). jornaleconomico.sapo.pt
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Total aircraft movements in 2025 were 54,495, a decrease of 10.93% from 2024 and 18.26% from 2019. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) carried 54% of passengers in 2025, mainly on domestic routes. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Mail handled in 2025 was 275 tonnes, a decline of 43.53% from 2024 and 48.69% from 2019. cartamz.com
  • [○ 1 SOURCE] Passenger traffic at Mozambique national airports fell 9.32% in 2025 compared with 2024. cartamz.com

Sources

Portugueses viajaram mais no início de 2026 e atingiram novo recorde trimestral [opcaoturismo.pt]
about 2 months ago
Diminuiu em 9,32% o movimento de passageiros nos aeroportos nacionais - Carta de Moçambique - Informação rigorosa e opinião de qualidade de e sobre Moçambique. [cartamz.com]
about 2 months ago
Portugal lidera atrasos aéreos na Europa: passageiros perderam milhões de horas em 2025 [jornaleconomico.sapo.pt]
about 2 months ago