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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,…

Reus Airport employees call a strike Standard

Following to our post , AENA’s Union representatives at Reus airport have approved to call a strike for eight days in the summer.They have proposed the following schedule:Saturdays 20th and 27th July and 3rd and 10th August from 18:00 to 21:00 ltSundays 21st and 28th July and 4th and 11th August from 08:00 to 11:00 lt.This calendar will be confirmed this week once it will be submitted before the AENA’s Employment Department.   Source: Abc.es

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 clarifies Airport charges increases Standard

Aena increase

Following to ABC’s news of yesterday, AENA has published a press release confirming the agreement reached with the airlines that contains the following points:• The agreement provides an update of rates increase for the next five years (2014-2018). In particular, the document says:– 2014: CPI + 1 point– 2015: CPI + 3 points– 2016, 2017 and 2018: CPI + 4 points• The agreement sets 1st of March as the effective date for annual revision. Consequently this increase will not affect to January and February 2014.• The reduction of fee for Passenger on Connecting flights will be increased gradually fm 20% to 40%…

Agreement on the airport charges increase Standard

ageement on charges

Following with the Aena’s charges increase and our previous posts to this respect, ABC.es informs today about the fact thatthe airport charge increase will be CPI plus one point in 2014.AENA will announce today the tentative agreement reached with the airlines to absorb the rise in airport charges for the next five years.This agreement shall be signed by the Minister of Development, Ms. Ana Pastor and the airline associations ALA and ACETA. With this, they foresee a significant reduction over the expected increases until 2018.According to sources close to the negotiations, the agreement goes through an increase for the forthcoming year 2014 of CPI…

Palma will negotiate new routes with twenty airlines Standard

The Palma de Mallorca Tourism 365 Foundation, the entity responsible for promoting the Balearic capital, is going to hold conversations with up to 20 airlines that connect the Island with its main markets (Germany, UK, Scandinavian countries and, although even with low volume, Russia), with the intention of opening new routes out of high season, and informing of the available resources that could be attractive to customers in low season.There is already a Air Rout Development at Palma Airport, formed by the City Council, Aena, the Balearic Government, the Government Delegation Office, the Mallorca’s Consell and the Chamber of Commerce…

Norwegian to open a base at Tenerife which will connect the island with 16 EU destinations Standard

The airline Norwegian is opening a base at Tenerife which will connect the island with 16 EU destinations. According to Mr. Carlos Alonso, the Vice-president for the Council of Tenerife, the economic impact of this new base will be 28.9 million only in its first year of operation.Carlos Alonso explained that Tenerife has traditionally been connected with the Nordic market through charter flights and only during the winter, so this is the first time that the island will have schedule flights to this destination.Carlos Alonso has reminded that Tenerife leads the British, German and peninsular markets, so with this new base we…

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…