Overview
- The airport, which reopened on May 27, will allow carriers that cancelled services during the closure to restart scheduled flights.
- Spanish airport operator AENA ordered the full closure from late April to complete a €31 million programme of major resurfacing on the main runway.
- Ryanair, Vueling and Iberia were among the airlines that cancelled services while no take‑offs or landings were permitted during the works.
- Media calculations using typical weekly UK connections suggest the shutdown could have affected up to several thousand British holidaymakers during the five‑week closure.
- Ryanair has urged Spain to pause the EU Entry/Exit System rollout after hour‑long passport‑control queues over the May Bank Holiday that the airline says caused delays and missed flights, a dispute that may shape border handling as services resume.