Spain’s ambitious £11.2bn plan to upgrade its major airports | World | News
While Spain put aside the funds to increase the passenger capacity in the most intensive centers, the government invests a large £ 11.2 billion (€ 13 billion) to raise its large airports. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the great plan during his visit to Alicante Airport. The upgrade will take place between 2027 and 2031.
Approximately £ 8.6 billion (€ 10 billion) expanded airport infrastructure, while sustainability attempts will be set aside for £ 1.29 billion (€ 1.5 billion). Barcelona-El Prat and Madrid-Barajas are the biggest utilities of £ 2.75 billion (€ 3.2 billion) and £ 2.06 billion (£ 2.4 billion), respectively for upgrades such as a new terminal in Barcelona and a major animation of Madrid’s T4. Popular tourist places will also see improvements, Malaga £ 1.29 billion (€ 1.5 billion), Alicante 946 million £ (€ 1.1 billion), Valencia £ 344 million £ (€ 400 million), and the airports of Tenerife take £ 688 million (800 €).
However, the announcement of the airport upgrade plan accused the airport operator Aena, just a few days after cutting more than a million seats from Ryanan’s rising landing fees, to protest against rising landing fees.
Aena replied, accusing the airline of “blackmail .. Environmental groups also expressed a strong opposition, warned that large -scale developments could harm ecosystems at a time when it was critical to reducing carbon emissions.
Despite the criticism, Prime Minister Sánchez, the plan known as “Dora III, defends the plan to prevent crowded, and Barcelona Airport is already approaching the capacity of 60 million passengers. Great construction is not expected to start by 2030, but Spain’s tourism numbers are expected to continue to climb.
Ryanir, starting from the closure of its base, makes great cuts in Spanish operations and a 80 percent decrease in flights, including the cancellation of lock routes to cities such as London Stansted, Dublin, Milan, Brussels, Porto, Edinburgh and Rome.
All flights at Vigo Airport will be suspended as of January 2026, and the Eireife North will be completed by the end of October 2025. Zaragoza, Santander, Asturias, Vitoria, Valladolid and Jerez-Also the airline will face services that have been reduced as part of a wider scale back.
Despite scales operations at several regional airports, Ryanir increases its presence in large Spanish centers such as Malaga, Palma, Alicante and Valencia.
The airline shifts the capacity to these denser airports from smaller places and aims to intensify where the demand is the most powerful and the infrastructure is more robust.
