Aena
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Aena is the name of the Spanish state owned company that owns and manage all Spanish airports. Aena is also responsable of the Air Traffic Control all over Spain. AENA means "Aeropuertos Españoles Navegacion Aerea", literally "Spanish Airports Air Navigation".
Currently Aena is undergoing a major airport expansion program. A 6.2 billion euro expansion of Madrid Barajas International Airport was inagurated in 2006. Major expansion at Barcelona International Airport and Málaga Airport will be finished by 2008. Lots of other airports on the network will be expanded to accommodate the increasing air traffic demand.
Aena is the biggest airport operator in the world ,with participations in airports in Mexico, USA, Cuba, Colombia, Bolivia, Sweden and the UK.
Aena's proprietary Air Traffic Control system is called SACTA. Licensed to NATS, the British Air Traffic Control authority, will be due to be rolled out to the UK at NATS’ Prestwick centre in 2009 and then to Swanwick in 2012
During 2005, 181 Millions passengers used the AENA airports in Spain.
Aena airports feature modern building facades and a standarized set of signs which are used in all of its airports.
Rumors of privatizing Aena has been heard. But because of the inmense expansion program has been called off momentarly.
An explanation of what Aena is, can be read in English, in the 2004 version of Aena's annual report here, [2004 Aena's annual report]
Airport list
The most important Aena airports in Spain, with 2005 traffic figures:
- Madrid Barajas International Airport (41.963.197 passengers)
- Barcelona International Airport (27.131.448 passengers)
- Son Sant Joan Airport Mallorca (21.242.295 passengers)
- Málaga Airport (12.669.187 passengers)
- Gran Canaria International Airport (9.827.151 passengers)
- Alicante Airport (8.796.321 passengers)
- Reina Sofía AirportTenerife South (8.631.778 passengers)
- Arrecife Airport Lanzarote (5.467.499 passengers)
- Valencia Airport (4.646.404 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Ibiza (4.164.701 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura (4.071.875 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Bilbao (3.843.253 passengers)
- Los Rodeos Tenerife North(3.754.333 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Gerona-Costa Brava (3.533.567 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Sevilla (3.522.134 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Menorca (2.590.515 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Santiago de Compostela (1.843.211 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Murcia-San Javier (1.416.533 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Reus (1.381.979 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Jerez de la Frontera (1.296.934 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Asturias (1.251.495 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de La Palma (1.145.600 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Vigo (1.108.718 passengers)
- Aeropuerto de Almería (1.073.585 passengers)
External links
- [Aena Website in Spanish]
- [Aena Website in english]
- [Aena's statistics Webpage]
- [Aena's 2004 annual report]
- [SACTA Webpage on Indra]
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