Almost 8 percent more airline seats for summer 2024

Airlines have scheduled 243 million seats (departures and arrivals) and nearly 1.4 million commercial operations (landings and take-offs) at the airports in the Aena network for the summer season, which will begin on Sunday, March 31. and will end on October 26.

This implies 7.9% more seats than those scheduled in the same 2023 season, when figures are adjusted to account for the different length of the season, and a 7.7% increase in scheduled operations.

The airports from which the most seats are offered are Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, with 48.2 million (6.8% more than in 2023), and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 42.2 million (11% further). They are followed by the airports of Palma de Mallorca, with 33.2 million (+8.3%); Málaga-Costa del Sol, with 20 million (+10.9%); Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández, with 14.2 million (+13.1%); Gran Canaria, with 9.8 million (+11.6%) and Ibiza, with 9.8 million (+4%).

By geographical area, the domestic market increased its programming by 2.8% and the European market, by 10.1% compared to the previous summer season. On international routes, markets with the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy have increased scheduling by 8.3%, 5.9% and 22%, respectively, compared to summer 2023.

At its ordinary meeting in January, the Board of Directors of Aena approved an incentive package for the 32 airports and heliports that had less than 3 million passengers in 2023: Asturias, Girona-Costa Brava, La Palma, A Coruña, Seve Ballesteros- Santander, Vigo, Reus, Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén, Jerez, AI Region of Murcia, Almería, Zaragoza, Melilla, San Sebastián, Vitoria, El Hierro, Valladolid, Pamplona, ​​La Gomera, Ceuta, Badajoz, León, Algeciras, Salamanca , Logroño-Agoncillo, Son Bonet, Sabadell, Córdoba, Burgos, Albacete, Madrid-Cuatro Vientos and Huesca-Pirineos.

Airlines will be exempt from paying the per-passenger fee for all travellers additional to those in 2023 for three consecutive years. In the case of the two heliports, Algeciras and Ceuta, the annual incentives are also maintained, which aim to stimulate connectivity. Likewise, the incentives that have been applied to La Palma Airport since the volcano crisis remain in force.

In addition, until March 2027, incentives are extended for the opening of new routes to new destinations in airports with more than 3 million passengers and growth is stimulated compared to the previous equivalent season on routes with Asia.

Between 2015 and 2023, Aena rates nominally fell by 11%. In that period, inflation was 21%. In real terms, these rates fell by 32% in the period 2015-2023, flight prices for passengers however have increased.

Pollution from aircraft across Europe so far this year has increased by 11% compared to last year, and the pollution per flight has increased by 5%.

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