The Irish airline Ryanair This Friday, he presented an appeal to the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) to try to slow the rise airport taxes proposed by the airport manager Aene by 2025. Specifically, the Spanish company expects the amount of these payments to increase by 0.54% next year.
The Irish airline thus accuses Aena of “not having respected the decision of the Spanish Government from 2021 to freeze airport taxes at all Spanish airports until 2026.
Therefore, the travel agency low cost said in a statement that the increase in these rates “harms Spain’s competitiveness” and recalled that after the increase of 4.09% for 2024, it was “forced” to reduce its projects investment in spainremoving five aircraft from the program and taking them to other countries such as Morocco either Croatia.
Ryanair and Aena
As OKDIARIO learned, Ryanair is in negotiations with the Sanchez Government establish five new bases in Spain, one of which will be located in the Canary IslandsThe company has so far prioritized its investments in Spain over those in other countries, because it considers that “it has great growth potential.”
However, for 2025, the airport manager has proposed an increase of 0.54%, which would mean around 5 cents per passenger, although this proposal is still awaiting supervision by the CNMC. This will be the second consecutive year of increases after a decade of freezing and the increase would apply from March 1, 2025.
