In the 3rd quarter of 2014

Passenger movements in the airports of Madeira and Porto Santo increased compared to the corresponding period of 2013; goods unloaded in the regional seaports decreased

According to the data compiled by DREM, passenger transport by bus decreased by 1.5% year-on-year in the reference period.  Between January and September of 2014 13.0 million passengers were counted in the urban lines (year-on year change rate of +2.2%) and 6.0 million in the intercity lines (+2.3%).

In air transport, the airports of Madeira and Porto Santo recorded a movement of 812.5 thousand passengers during the 3^rd quarter of 2014, a 0.9% increase compared to the same period of 2013.

In sea transport, the Ports authority counted one more cruise ship in the seaport of Funchal in the 3^rd quarter of 2014 (total of 16 of this type of vessels) than in the same quarter of the previous year. However, the number of transit passengers decreased by 13.9%. The seaport of Funchal received a total of 268,391 transit passengers, the majority of them (91.7%) Europeans. Between January and September of 2014, there were more Germans visiting Madeira during the reference period (111,226, year-on-year change rate of +32.3%), but fewer British (86,104;-16.2%) and Americans (10,756; -27,6%).

Regarding the movement of goods in Madeira's ports, the statistics for the 3rd quarter of 2014 show a negative trend vis-a-vis the same period of 2013 for both the unloaded (-4.6%) and loaded goods (-1.0%). 

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