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Reus Airport employees call a strike Standard

Following to our post , AENA’s Union representatives at Reus airport have approved to call a strike for eight days in the summer.They have proposed the following schedule:Saturdays 20th and 27th July and 3rd and 10th August from 18:00 to 21:00 ltSundays 21st and 28th July and 4th and 11th August from 08:00 to 11:00 lt.This calendar will be confirmed this week once it will be submitted before the AENA’s Employment Department.   Source: Abc.es

AENA clarifies Airport charges increases Standard

Aena increase

Following to ABC’s news of yesterday, AENA has published a press release confirming the agreement reached with the airlines that contains the following points:• The agreement provides an update of rates increase for the next five years (2014-2018). In particular, the document says:– 2014: CPI + 1 point– 2015: CPI + 3 points– 2016, 2017 and 2018: CPI + 4 points• The agreement sets 1st of March as the effective date for annual revision. Consequently this increase will not affect to January and February 2014.• The reduction of fee for Passenger on Connecting flights will be increased gradually fm 20% to 40%…

Agreement on the airport charges increase Standard

ageement on charges

Following with the Aena’s charges increase and our previous posts to this respect, ABC.es informs today about the fact thatthe airport charge increase will be CPI plus one point in 2014.AENA will announce today the tentative agreement reached with the airlines to absorb the rise in airport charges for the next five years.This agreement shall be signed by the Minister of Development, Ms. Ana Pastor and the airline associations ALA and ACETA. With this, they foresee a significant reduction over the expected increases until 2018.According to sources close to the negotiations, the agreement goes through an increase for the forthcoming year 2014 of CPI…

Palma will negotiate new routes with twenty airlines Standard

The Palma de Mallorca Tourism 365 Foundation, the entity responsible for promoting the Balearic capital, is going to hold conversations with up to 20 airlines that connect the Island with its main markets (Germany, UK, Scandinavian countries and, although even with low volume, Russia), with the intention of opening new routes out of high season, and informing of the available resources that could be attractive to customers in low season.There is already a Air Rout Development at Palma Airport, formed by the City Council, Aena, the Balearic Government, the Government Delegation Office, the Mallorca’s Consell and the Chamber of Commerce…

Norwegian to open a base at Tenerife which will connect the island with 16 EU destinations Standard

The airline Norwegian is opening a base at Tenerife which will connect the island with 16 EU destinations. According to Mr. Carlos Alonso, the Vice-president for the Council of Tenerife, the economic impact of this new base will be 28.9 million only in its first year of operation.Carlos Alonso explained that Tenerife has traditionally been connected with the Nordic market through charter flights and only during the winter, so this is the first time that the island will have schedule flights to this destination.Carlos Alonso has reminded that Tenerife leads the British, German and peninsular markets, so with this new base we…

AENA’s workers at Reus airport will call strikes in summer Standard

72% of Aena’s employees at Reus Airport approved yesterday by referendum, calling stops during summer due to substantial changes in their working conditions.Now, the council shall meet within ten days to program and approve the schedule of strikes for next summer.Reus Airport has reduced working hours and work teams from 5th April which has caused the worker’s mobilization.   Source: Expansion

AENA to start works in Lanzarote airport Standard

works in Lanzarote

AENA confirmed they will start works in Lanzarote to fully adapt the airport to the EU safety standards about braking safety margins.“After years of debates and demands on the Lanzarote runway extension, the airport has finally initiated the works, but for doing the opposite. “As confirmed by senator Mr. Oscar Luzardo, the works will reduce the runway length by 100 meters, with an investment of more than 3 million euro.Although the reason for the works is to improve the airport safety, this will limit even more the runway size and consequently it will reduce the ability to operate to other destinations or…

En-route charge could be increased in 2014 Standard

The General Manager of Air Navigation, Mr. Ignacio González, has announced that the en-route charge could be increased in 2014.In a meeting held with the media, Ignacio Gonzalez explained that the en-route charge in Spain could increase in 2014, after a couple of years of being frozen. According to Gonzalez, it is too early to confirm if this will happen. A lot of work still has to be done and many variables need to be analyzed before taking this decision. It will depend on whether the traffic is growing or not, and whether Air Navigation can continue to reduce the…

Aerocanarias: Canary entrepreneurs’ new startup Standard

Aerocanarias: A group of canary entrepreneurs headed by Carmelo Padilla, are finalizing the creation of a new airline called Aerocanarias that could replace Spanair by covering the hole left by that airline after its bankruptcy in January 2012.This project is being managed a few months ago to operate routes to the mainland and between the islandsShortly after Spanair announced its closure, Carmelo Padilla registered the domain aerocanarias.com, thus the company can operate on the Internet as soon as it has been established and implemented. Another indication that the project is still going on, is the fact that the digital rights of…

F factor to increase by 50% Standard

The Governments’ party has proposed in the Congress an amendment to the “Ley de Seguridad Aérea de 2003” in order to replace the current F Factor (0.38 €) associated to the Security Tax, by a new rate to support the activities of supervision and inspection services performed by AESA.This new rate will be of € 0.58 per departing passenger from any Spanish Airport, and it will be reduced by the 15% on flights from Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla to peninsular airports, and by 70% on Inter-Island flights.The entry into force of the new rate will occur within…