HE State prepares a new impetus for the liberalization of the management of air control towers The Ministry of Transport has opened a public consultation for the privatization of the towers of Spain’s seven major airports (South Tenerife, North Tenerife, Malaga, Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Santiago and Palma de Mallorca). this kind for more than ten years.
As the manager of Spanish airports, Aena is not responsible for performing these air control duties, directly affected by these movements. to be the most beneficiary of these duties for obvious reasons (indirectly as the public group Enaire, the largest shareholder with 51% of the capital, is responsible for air traffic control in the Spanish market).
Aena shows its support for the new privatization process being prepared and underlines its impact on cost savings for airlines and passengers. “The start of the competition is good news, it serves to pass on the cost savings to airlines and those to their passengers, and safety standards are exactly the same”, convicted Aena president Maurici Lucena at a meeting with the press on the occasion of the presentation of the group’s annual results.
“Every way we look at it, it’s been very good for the industry to start the competition because things were done just as well or better, at a significantly lower cost, which eventually turned into a spin-off. discount on airfareand therefore benefited all citizens ”, Lucena settled. “This is the unanimous opinion of all airlines. Consensus”.
As highlighted by Aena, the National Competition Market Commission (CNMC) and European Union go in the direction promote the competition however, it is pointed out that the final decision on the conduct and design of the operation will rest with the Government. “Whatever the government’s decision, we are extraordinarily respectful,” said Lucena.