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The Ministry forced to lose the control over Aena Standard

Getting back to the privatization of Aena and considering the results from the consultation process that they had performed, the company has already arranged the details for such operation, which would correspond to 51% of the capital. The possibility of selling the company only by 49% would reduce the value of the operation considering that the private partners would still have to depend on the Ministry of Public Works. Hence, they would now be willing to lose the control over Aena. The advisors have recommended that Aena forgets about selling a minority part of the public company because it is not attractive to…

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Airport Statistics: We are delighted to announce that your customized tool to analyse the Spanish Aviation industry through the Airport Statistics is now availableIf you are reading this from any of these airlines and have not registered yet, you just need to take the following 3 simple steps:1.- In the current window, click on Suscribe / New User as in the image below. 2. Fill in the form. We will get your new user and will upgrade your account so that you can have access to the Airport Statistics. Very shortly, we will send you a message confirming that this action has been already…

Fewer flights, bigger airfrafts Standard

Today we find in the Spanish media the following news which might be of your interest:According to the estimations of Aena the airlines increase by 10% the number of seats offered to the Canaries, the Balearics, the Mediterranean area and the international routes. However, in the whole Spanish Airport net, the available seats decrease by 7% overall. The number of slots held drop by 8.4% in the Spanish airports. Sources from Aena explain that the financial crisis is impacting, above all, on the domestic flights. Also there is a trend towards bigger airfrafts so the number of flights is lower,…

Islas Afortunadas Air: New airline based in the Canary Islands Standard

In continuation with the new projects for the Canary Islands that we had mentioned in an earlier post, different Spanish media announced last week that Islas Afortunadas Air will start operations in October this year.Islas Afortunadas Air would be a project different from Aerocanarias although both web sites are under construction at the moment.Islas Afortunadas Air would start operations in October this year with 10 BAe146 and 2 A320 connecting their home base in Gran Canaria with every island in the Canaries as well as with Madrid, Barcelona, Galicia, Morocco and Mauritania.To start with, the company will hire about 450 people but they aim for a staff of 1,100 employees…

Aena confirm Tenerife North opening time extension Standard

Tenerife North Opening Times

Following with our post of 18 April about the Tenerife North airport opening times, yesterday 20minutos.es informed on the fact that Aena has definitely approved the extension of the working hours for the airport. Hence, the new opening times will be 05:00-21:00 UTC in the summer seasons and 06:00-22:00 UTC during the winter seasons. The vice-president for the Council of Tenerife—Carlos Alonso—together with the Head of Planning for Vueling—Javier Suárez—have explained that the new working hours will let Vueling base an A320 at Tenerife North as from this winter season, to start in October. This will allow them to promote the business trips as…

Handling discounts to airlines operating new routes Standard

Sign at a Spanish airport

Handling discounts: The Aena’s General Director, Javier Marín, in a meeting with an information media group (Unidad Editorial), confirmed they are working on the procedures to award the handling services to 43 airports of the net. Among the conditions required by Aena, he explained there will be additional handling discounts to airlines operating new routes.The public tender should be opened sometime between July and December 2013.The airports of Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Alicante and Palma will have three Handling companies. Then, there will be a second group of 16 airports which will have two Handling operators. The last group will have the other 24 airports, each one used…

Madrid testing the CDM to optimise air traffic Standard

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Madrid testing the CDM: Yesterday, Madrid airport started the first operational tests of the A-CDM—Airport Collaborative Decision Making—within this project, promoted by Eurocontrol, which is intended to optimise the air traffic management while punctuality and operational efficiency improve at this airport.Hence, the first DPI message—Departure Planning Information—was sent yesterday from the CDM platform to Eurocontrol. This information allows Eurocontrol to know the situation of each flight in real time, letting them optimise the capacity and, if necessary, apply regulations based on up-to-date information.Airlines and handling agents will have data as much as possible in advance, the planning will be better…

Castellón airport runway OK, a safety plan is left Standard

Aena, responsible for the test flight, has issued a positive report. Before that, the air space had been approved by the Ministries of Public works and Defense. Some test flights were operated with a Beechcraft B-300 on 18 Feb.According to local media, an airfield has been already assigned and the routes for approach are already fixed.Begining this week Aena certified that the 2,700 meter Castellón airport runway can accept commercial flights. However, for its final approval, customs must be certified by the Home Office. Moreover, an updated safety plan must be issued.Castellón Airport was inaugurated on 25 March 2011. More than…

Madrid airport at the bottom of the European list Standard

According the the Airports Council International and their European list on traffic in the airports, Madrid Barajas is the one which suffered the highest passenger loss during the first three months in 2013. The tax increase caused some route closures and made some airlines like easyJet decrease traffic.The economic situation and the Iberia strike have also contributed in this passenger loss.Hence, the number of passengers has decreased in Madrid by 13.9% to reach 3.2 million in March. When it comes to Barcelona, it has fallen by 2.5% to 2.5 million passengers.Some airports improvePalma de Mallorca has gained passengers by 2.5%, Tenerife Sur by 2.8% and Málaga by 0.8%. Lanzarote(2.4%), Alicante (1.9%) and Girona (4.1%) also…

Aena to moderate the increases as from 2014 Standard

Aena to moderate the increases: Following with our post about a possible moderation in the increase of charges that Aena might be considering, laprovincia.es informed on Wednesday in the same direction.According to this piece of news, the drop in traffic might have forced Aena to moderate the increases.In spite of the fact that the law allows Aena to increase their charges with 5 points over the CPI, Aena would be willing to soften the financial crisis impact on the industry. Hence, they would have specified that these increases might be moderated as from 2014.The option they are working with at this moment is to…