Overview
- Aena reported 25,434,678 passengers across the group in February, up 3.7% year on year, with 20,555,745 in Spain (+2.8%) and roughly 108,000 extra travelers tied to a January 18 rail accident shift.
- Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas hit a February record with 5,077,072 passengers (+5.3%) and moved 65,279 tonnes of cargo (+6.5%), while Barcelona–El Prat set a February peak with 3,895,934 travelers (+3.8%) and 17,746 tonnes of cargo (+24%).
- Galicia’s three-airport network is down about 1,967 passengers per day versus a year ago as Santiago fell to 130,533 in February (−29.8%), remains the worst performer in Spain, and faces a full runway closure from April 23 to May 27.
- Vigo handled 74,548 passengers in February (−4.4%), reflecting Ryanair route withdrawals and winter storms, even as Binter’s Canary Islands services grew; low-cost carriers now account for only about 20.7% of its traffic, with Vueling the lone remaining LCC.
- A Coruña inched up to 98,886 passengers in February (+0.3%) but faces the loss of Volotea’s Valencia and Málaga routes in early April over funding terms, while Córdoba jumped to 3,017 (+520.8%) on Vueling and Binter despite a weeklong weather closure.