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Parliament rejects motion to freeze Aena’s airport charges for 2026

Renta 4 | The Industry and Transport Committee of the Spanish Parliament rejected the non-binding motion presented by the Popular Party to halt the 6.5% increase in Aena’s airport charges planned for 2026. The vote was close, with 18 votes against and 17 in favour. The fee update is covered by current regulations and, according to Aena, responds to the need to finance investments and infrastructure maintenance. The increase, as…


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Beyond noise surrounding Aena-Ryanair dispute: capacity cuts are also proof of imbalance between supply and demand

Deutsche Bank | Last week, news reports indicated that Ryanair would reduce its winter capacity at regional airports in Spain by 40% and in the Canary Islands by 10%. In this context, our analysis of Diio Mi seat capacity for nine key airports (approximately 80% of Aena’s Spanish traffic in 2024) shows that the cuts will be more widespread; for example, IAG Group domestic seats (including Iberia and Vueling) are…


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Aena forecasts new record number of scheduled seats for winter season, with 2.1% increase

Norbolsa | The public company has announced a new record for scheduled seats for the coming winter season, with 2.1% more seats than in the previous season. The company has also reported that the June-August period was the best ever in terms of passengers, operations and cargo. Between June and August, Spanish airports recorded more than 89 million passengers, an increase of 3.3% compared to 2024. In the same period,…


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Ryanair announces pullback in Spain after AENA’s announcement to raise airport fees by €0.68 per passenger

The Irish airline Ryanair has announced that this winter it will close its base in Santiago de Compostela and cancel all flights to Vigo and Tenerife North. This cutback affects numerous Spanish routes due, according to the company, to the “excessive and uncompetitive airport fees” imposed by Aena, which has decided to raise them by 0.68 euros per passenger. The decision was communicated by CEO Eddie Wilson during the presentation…


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Aena exceeds 32 million passengers; year-to-date traffic rises 4.1%

Intermoney | Aena (AENA) (Hold, Target Price €24) announced its passenger traffic figures for July 2025 on Tuesday after the market closed. The figures for Spain showed an increase of 2.7% last month, exceeding 32 million passengers, of which nearly 12 million were distributed between Barajas and El Prat, which increased their figures by slightly less than 1% and almost 3%, respectively. Among the other major airports, Malaga (8%) and…


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Aena’s net profit for June up 11% to €894 million, Commercial area stands out positively

Intermoney | The company (Hold, PO £24) announced its H1 2025 results this morning and will hold a conference call at 1 p.m. The figures for the first half, together with our estimates, are shown in the table below. Based on traffic levels in Spain in the first half, which grew by 4.5%, Aena generated EBITDA of €1.692 billion (up 9%) in June, slightly below the Intermoney estimate (€1.707 billion)….


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Council of Ministers approves additional €351-million investment in Aena’s current five-year investment plan

Link Securities | The Council of Ministers has approved an additional investment to those planned in Aena’s (AENA) current five-year investment plan (known as DORA II, Airport Regulation Document 2022-2026) worth €351 million. These are investments that could not be foreseen before the approval of this Dora II and which bring forward necessary actions that would, in any case, be carried out in the next Dora III period (from 2027…


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Ministry of Transport and Generalitat give green light to El Prat airport expansion

Intermoney | Aena (AENA) (Buy, Target Price €215/share) announced on Tuesday the agreement between the Ministry of Transport and the Generalitat de Catalunya, approving the operator’s plan for the expansion of El Prat Josep Tarradellas airport in Barcelona. The work, which will involve an investment of some €3.2 billion, will consist of extending one of the runways by 500 metres to a length of 3,160 metres, which will allow the…


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Aena to execute 10×1 split on 19 June, and announces 3% increase in passenger traffic in Spain in May

Intermoney | Aena (AENA) (Buy, Target Price £215/share) confirmed on Thursday that it will execute the previously announced 10×1 split next Thursday, 19 June; this measure was already announced in conjunction with the 2024 annual results. On the other hand, the operator announced, with the market open, passenger and freight traffic figures for May 2025. The figures for Spain showed an increase of 3% last month to over 29 million…


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Aena passenger numbers accelerate to 6.3% in April, 5.2% increase accumulated so far this year

Bankinter | Passenger numbers accelerate to 6.3% in April (year-on-year) compared to 4.2% previously, supported by the ‘Easter effect’. Aena airports recorded 27.2 million passengers in April. This represents an increase of 6.3% year-on-year, compared to 4.2% in the previous month. This brings the cumulative increase for the year to date to 5.2%, compared to 4.7% previously. Bankinter analysis team’s opinion: Good news for Aena. Airport traffic continues to break…