aena leave the crisis behind covid and back to profit In the heat of the recovery of commercial aviation and tourism after the collapse caused by the pandemic. After two years of red numbers, the airport manager 901 million net profit euros in 2022, as reported by the company to the CNMV.
Controlled 51% by the Spanish State through Enaire, the group reformulated its 2021 accounts. accounting change in how you calculate results The coup d’etat of the mandatory reduction in store rents he was forced to implement due to the effects of the pandemic, following the legislative change approved by Congress. Losses for 2021 jumped to 475 million, with red numbers eight times more than the 60 million announced a year ago. With the new accounts, the group has accumulated 602 million losses in two years of the covid crisis.
the company has raised Total consolidated revenue reaching 4,237 million, 69.3% more compared to the previous exercise. Aviation revenues (the amount airlines pay to use airports) increased 81.5% to 2,418 million, while commercial revenues (store and restaurant rental income) increased 37.5% to 1,244 million. The company increased its gross operating profit (foo) between January and December to 2,079 million, compared to just 91 million a year earlier.
improve forecast
Good performance of Aena’s accounts the result of the revival of tourism from last year. Spanish airports almost took over last year 243.7 million passengers, double More than a year ago, it recovered almost nine out of ten passengers before the pandemic and above estimates made by the company. If data from Luton Airport (London) and six Aena Brasil airports are included, the number of passengers reaches 270.7 million, which is double from 2021 and pre-covid 2019 with an 88.1% improvement in passenger traffic.
Led by Maurici Lucena, the group has decided to revise its passenger traffic target in Spain upwards. The company has boosted its 2019 passenger recovery from a record 275 million to a range of 94% to 104%, compared to the initial estimate of 87% to 97%. The airport manager estimates that the central scenario of these new estimates is statistically most likely and therefore 99% improvement in passenger traffic compared to 2019It has reached a little over 272 million users.
363 million for the state
Aena confirms that the company is returning to the dividend distribution announced in its new strategic plan. In light of the improvement in operations and financial results, the group’s board of directors, Gross dividend of 4.75 Euro per shareThis means that approximately € 712 million will be distributed among its shareholders (363 million of which will go to the State as the main shareholder).