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Shortlist for Airport Honour Awards 2025 is announced!

11 August 2025 | By International Airport Summit

The highly anticipated shortlist for the Airport Honour Awards 2025 has been announced!

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European airports report steady passenger traffic growth amid geopolitical tensions and market volatility in first half of 2025

6 August 2025 | By Gabriel Higgins

European airports saw 4.5% passenger traffic growth in H1 2025, driven by international travel, with notable gains in Eastern Europe and strong leisure demand.

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Plans for expansion: catching up with Aena’s Managing Director

8 December 2023 | By Chunekshi Wimalasuriya, Elena Mayoral

Editorial Assistant, Chunekshi, had the opportunity to interview Elena Mayoral, the Airports Managing Director of Aena, and learnt about Aena’s plans to innovate and expand in the future to become more structurally enhanced.

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Peak summer months at Europe’s airports drive strong recovery, says ACI Europe

6 November 2023 | By International Airport Review

ACI EUROPE releases its air traffic report for September and the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 - a peak period for European passenger traffic.

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Aena’s airports in Spain welcomed over 29 million passengers in July

18 August 2023 | By International Airport Review

Aena's network in Spain closed the month of July 2023 with a historical passenger record: 29,762,051. This is a 10% rise in traffic compared to July 2022.

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Passenger traffic comes closest yet to full recovery, reports ACI Europe

7 June 2023 | By International Airport Review

ACI Europe's air traffic report for April 2023 shows passenger traffic made gains towards a full recovery since the pandemic.

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Innovation, sustainability and passenger experience at Aena

29 March 2023 | By Alberto Taha Barriuso

To become international leaders in digital transformation, airport operator, Aena, continues to focus on three key pillars: optimising the passenger experience, increasing operational efficiency, and developing sustainable mobility. At the World Aviation Festival 2022 in Amsterdam, Alberto Taha Barriuso, Chief of Innovation at Aena, explains more.

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Aena welcomes 96 per cent of pre-pandemic passenger levels

15 December 2022 | By International Airport Review

Aena has closed November 2022 with 17,612,948 passengers, which is 96 per cent of the traffic recorded in pre-pandemic November 2019.

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Aena closes August 2022 with 92.6 per cent passenger recovery

12 September 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Aena airport network has closed August 2022 with 27,301,674 passengers, which is 7.4 per cent shy of pre-pandemic levels.

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Aena network closes July 2022 with significant recovery

15 August 2022 | By International Airport Review

In July 2022, airports in the Aena network closed the month with 27,067,913 passengers, a 92 per cent recovery of the air traffic recorded in July 2019.

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Aena network closes May 2022 with more than 22.2 million passengers

13 June 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Aena airport network has finished the month of May 2022 with 22,262,317 passengers, a figure that is 9.6 per cent from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

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Airlines schedule seats for summer season 2022 at Aena’s airports

25 March 2022 | By International Airport Review

In the lead up to the summer season 2022, airlines have scheduled 215.6 million seats at Aena’s network airports, an increase of 1.6 per cent compared to the summer season schedule pre-pandemic.

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Aena airport network closed out 2021 with increased passenger traffic

11 January 2022 | By International Airport Review

The Aena airport network wrapped up a challenging 2021 with 119,959,671 passengers, equivalent to 43.6 per cent of the pre-COVID-19 pandemic figures.

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