From March, Aena will apply a 3.17% reduction in the rates it charges to airlines, after the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has given its approval to the price structure proposed by the manager. from the airport and rejected by the airlines, in search of a major cut.
Aena, 51% controlled by the Spanish state through Enaire, may have a maximum adjusted passenger income (IMAAJ) of 9.95 euros per passenger. The fare reduction is applied on a straight-line basis to each of the airport services charged to airlines (landing, traffic services, meteorology, security, parking, passengers, passengers with reduced mobility, passenger use, handling, meal service and fuel management).
Airlines demanded an even bigger cut. The international employer IATA and the low-cost giant Ryanair have launched a dispute procedure against the change in airport fares in 2022, according to Aena, which confirms that the resource does not paralyze the application of the new prices, and it predicts that it will not bear fruit and the rates approved by Competition will not be revised.