{"id":304994,"date":"2025-07-30T22:09:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304994\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:09:31","slug":"canarian-weekly-travellers-face-higher-fees-at-spanish-airports-from-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/304994\/","title":{"rendered":"Canarian Weekly &#8211; Travellers face higher fees at Spanish airports from 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/banners\/tracker\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/img\/media\/banners\/355\/cjiq34yz4khayxghp6pp.webp\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Weddings In Tenerife\" title=\"Weddings In Tenerife\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a>    <\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-wrap\">\n<li>30-07-2025<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/category\/national\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Canarian Weekly<\/li>\n<li> Photo Credit: Eduardo Parra (Europa Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/posts\/Travellers-face-higher-fees-at-Spanish-airports-from-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Travellers face higher fees at Spanish airports from 2026\" title=\"Travellers face higher fees at Spanish airports from 2026\" size=\"medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/img\/media\/articles\/29200\/6add692e15e2391c-900.webp\"\/><\/a>                            <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/banners\/tracker\/405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/img\/media\/banners\/405\/kualalumpur-728-180.webp\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"kualalumpur Stores\" title=\"kualalumpur Stores\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Aena, Spain\u2019s airport operator, has approved a 6.5% rise in airport charges, bringing the cost per passenger to \u20ac11.03 starting from 1st March 2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The decision was made by Aena\u2019s Board of Directors on Tuesday as part of its updated pricing structure for the 2026 financial year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The increase means passengers will pay \u20ac0.68 more than the current rate.<br \/>According to Aena, the adjustment is necessary to safeguard its financial sustainability, particularly given that it receives no funding from Spain\u2019s General State Budget. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Of the \u20ac0.68 increase, \u20ac0.45 is to make up for costs from 2024 that were not recovered at the time (known as the K-factor). The remaining \u20ac0.17 comes from a standard adjustment to airport fees (called Index P), which was recently approved by the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">With an expected 320 million passengers in 2025, the new rate is projected to bring in an extra \u20ac218 million for Aena\u2019s regulated airport operations. In 2024, this part of the business generated \u20ac3.19 billion out of the company\u2019s total revenue of \u20ac5.83 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The move has drawn criticism from several airlines, like Ryanair, which has already cut 800,000 seats and suspended routes at regional airports in response to rising operational costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">However, Aena argues that even with the increase, its charges remain lower than they were in 2015 and are still up to 60% cheaper than fees at major European hubs like Heathrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Political groups in Tenerife are calling on the Spanish government to exempt the Canary Islands from Aena\u2019s planned 6.5% rise in airport charges, arguing that the increase would harm residents\u2019 mobility, raise the cost of living, and weaken the region\u2019s tourism competitiveness. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">They stress that air travel in the Canaries is a necessity rather than a luxury, given the archipelago\u2019s remote and insular nature, and have urged the government to recognise the unique challenges faced by island communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/banners\/tracker\/361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/img\/media\/banners\/361\/sakgqcxbd0ggzocgz4au.webp\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Clinica Dental Tenerife Sur\" title=\"Clinica Dental Tenerife Sur\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a>    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/banners\/tracker\/385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canarianweekly.com\/img\/media\/banners\/385\/bmzlbx2ejacaef0qlxah.webp\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Spring Hotels\" title=\"Spring Hotels\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30-07-2025 National Canarian Weekly Photo Credit: Eduardo Parra (Europa Press) Aena, Spain\u2019s airport operator, has approved a 6.5%&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[112194,112193,2000,299,104,112192,112195],"class_list":{"0":"post-304994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-2026-flight-costs","9":"tag-aena-charge-increase","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-spanish-airport-fees","14":"tag-tourist-travel-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114944473185817841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}