rise airport taxes The application that the government plans to implement will mean income for citizens 166 million euro public purse for Alicante-Elche airport. Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puenteannounced this Thursday that the Executive will respect Aena’s airport tax proposal for 2024, which will mean an increase in airport charges. 4.09 percent as of March 1. It was announced from Aena that the proposed rate increase would be equivalent to: Forty cent increase per passengerThis will increase from the current €9.95 paid by airlines to €10.35. featured in the advertisement Opposition from the tourism industry Those who have already expressed fears that any increase in rates would mean a loss of competitiveness for the destination. “If rates are increased for companies andIt is clear that these will be reflected in the ticket prices to the passengers.“, the president of the Benidorm hotel association assured this newspaper, hoşbec, Fede Fuster. The rate increase coincides with a year in which the airport reached the target level. 15.7 million passengersIt broke the record of 2019. When these rates are implemented, the rates generated by all these passengers will reach 166 million.
AENA emphasized that this increase was “partly due to recognition”.Inflation 3.5%“and this National Markets and Competition Commission Approved the implementation of this P Index, to which the usual adjustments of up to 4.09% were added. However, Aena’s rates in 2024 They will continue to be lower than in 2019 and Aena’s rates are the most competitive in Europe. ”Aena completes the season finale like every season Designing incentives to increase the number of flights of airlines“said sources from the airport director. The minister also influenced these discussions by reminding that airport taxes have not increased in the last four years, so despite this increase, they will remain below the 2019 figures. Accumulated CPI since 2019 is 15%. He also underlined that all this is equivalent to an increase of 40 cents per passenger. Additionally, the head of Transport reminded that Aena is a publicly traded company. shareholders’ interests must be “protected”.
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Despite the statements that the increase would be minimal, opposing views quickly emerged. Both Hosbec and Alikat Provincial Hoteliers Association (Apha) They opposed any increase that would lead to an increase in interest rates. Loss of competitiveness of the tourist destination. Fuster pointed out that this measure was taken in the context of inflation and reminded that this measure was also taken at Alicante and Valencia airports. There are investments to be made, In the case of the Miguel Hernández terminal, we remember the second runway, the railway connection and the Alicante ring road. Fuster explained that Castellón airport would be exempt from these taxes because it is not managed by Aena. resources Ministry of Tourismwhere he was recently abolition of tourism tax The measure approved by Botànic at the time was rejected for consideration until the hotel industry and airlines made their voices heard, but it was stated that they were against such rates.
IAirlines Association (ALA)Spain’s airline association warns that despite the recovery of pre-pandemic air traffic, “There are still airlines in debt He also underlined the importance of the sector to the Spanish economy as a whole, emphasizing that this increase “does not contribute to strengthening”.