For the first time in its history, SATA Group's airlines have reached the milestone of two million passengers carried in a year. It is a historic moment for the airlines and represents a 27% increase in the number of passengers transported compared to the previous year. SATA Group's airlines have experienced extraordinary post-pandemic growth.
By 2022, they had already exceeded their pre-pandemic year performance in terms of transported passengers by 12.1%, well above that recorded in Europe (-26.4%) and the rest of the world (28.5%), according to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
A set of operational and commercial initiatives have contributed to the persistent increase in demand, such as the addition of flights and the diversity of destinations; the extension of virtual Interline agreements allowing air partners to include SATA Azores Airlines' flights to the Azores on their booking platforms; greater availability of the online offer (through its presence in global travel search engines); and, also, promotional actions developed in partnership with tour operators and travel agents. Considering the constant increase in demand and revenues in relevant markets, SATA's airlines perspectives remain very positive.