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Aena: number of passengers at Spanish airports grows 9.2% year-on-year to 21.6 million in November

Bankinter: Aena’s airports registered 21.6 million passengers in November, which is up 9.2% compared to November 2023. It accumulates an increase of 9.4% so far this year (vs. 9.4% previously). Analysis team’s opinion: Good news for Aena. Airport traffic continues to break historical records month after month and will most likely end the year slightly above our estimates (306M passengers; up 8% on 2023 figures). However, the good prospects are…


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CNMC freezes 2025 airport charges in 2025 because Aena “too conservative in forecasting traffic”

Banco Sabadell | The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has rejected Aena’s proposal to raise airport charges by about 0.5% in 2025, admitting that the claims of some airlines were justified. It argues that Aena was too conservative in forecasting traffic, which has in fact gone up twice during the year. Assessment: Negative news with limited impact. We already included this increase in our estimates and P.O. although…


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Traffic at Aena’s airports up to €266.1 million, 9% year-to-date, or 11% more than pre-pandemic

Intermoney | Aena (Buy, PO €205) yesterday announced its monthly traffic data for October. Passenger numbers in Spain rose 6% year-on-year last month to 28.2 million. Both Barajas and El Prat grew by more than 5%, a figure that was not out of line with the rest of the relevant airports, outperforming for example Valencia (up 4%) and Ibiza (down 1%). The national total in October was 14% higher than…


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Aena’s revenues up 16% to €4,329m in September, 127% above 2019 figure

Intermoney | Aena (Buy, PO €215) has announced its 9m 24 results, and will hold a conference call today at 1pm. The figures, along with our estimates, are shown in the attached table. Based on September traffic levels that were well above pre-pandemic records (107% in Spain), Aena generated 9m EBITDA of €2,663m, or 125% of the 2019 figure, slightly above IMVe (€2,646m). We confirm our estimates, which we clearly…


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Passenger numbers at Aena airports up 8% in September, year-to-date traffic up 10% to €237.8M

Intermoney | Aena (Buy, PO €205) announced on Monday its monthly traffic data for September. During last month the number of passengers in Spain rose year-on-year by 8% to 29.6 million. Both Barajas and El Prat grew by close to 10%, a figure that was not out of line with the rest of the relevant airports, outperforming for example Palma (up 5%) and Ibiza (0%). The national total in September…


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Aena bids for €500-million airport expansion project in Cali

Aena, together with two local partners, has presented the project to expand Cali airport (Colombia), which would involve an investment of €500 million. The Spanish operator is currently the concessionaire of this infrastructure, although the Colombian government is expected to put the airport out to tender next year. Aena thus opts to continue as operator, while maintaining its 50% stake and consolidating the concession by the equity method. The project…


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Aena handles 32.1 million passengers in August, up 7% year-on-year, and 9% compared to pre-pandemic levels

Intermoney | The company (Buy, PO €205) announced yesterday with the market open the traffic figures for the past month of August. In that watertight period, Aena handled 32.1 million passengers, implying an increase of 7% year-on-year, or 9% compared to pre-pandemic levels. By airports, Madrid-Barajas grew by 5%, while Barcelona El Prat remained virtually stable compared to August 2023. In general, the tourist airports recorded increases of between 5…


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Aena airports in Spain register 31.9 million passengers in July, up 7%

CdM | Aena’s airports in Spain registered more than 31.9 million passengers in July, which is an all-time record for the month. The figure is 7.2% higher than in July last year, according to data provided by the company. Specifically, the seventh month of 2024 closed with 31,900,662 passengers in the airports of the Aena network in our country. Of these, 31,828,032 were commercial passengers: 22,241,650 travelled on international flights,…


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UK court embargoes Aena’s Luton shares over Spanish government cuts to renewables

Bankinter | A British court has placed a precautionary embargo on the airport operator’s right of usufruct over Luton Airport (London). The decision affects 26.01% of Luton’s shares, where Aena has a total stake of 51%. It therefore affects the Spanish government’s indirect shareholding in the British airport. It is the consequence of an award condemning Spain for the cut in premiums for renewable energies. Specifically, the energy company NextEra…


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Aena approves new airport incentive to increase air traffic and promote freighter routes and frequencies

Alphavalue / Divacons | The company has approved a new incentive aimed at encouraging air freight traffic and boosting the scheduling of routes and frequencies for cargo aircraft by airlines. The incentive consists of a rebate on each carrier’s average landing fee for inbound operations during the 12-month period compared to the previous 12 months, operated with wide-body freighter aircraft. The incentive will be in force for three years, from…