https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's AENA, the world's biggest airport operator by passenger numbers, said Wednesday it plunged into the red last year as the coronavirus pandemic decimated the travel sector worldwide. https://www.thelocal.es/20210224/spains-aena-worlds-biggest-airport-operator-flies-into-the-red Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:52:53 +0100 spains-aena-worlds-biggest-airport-operator-flies-into-the-red One-off tax deductions, a rise in passenger numbers and consolidaton of Luton airport have played their part in boosting profit of Spain's Aena, the world's biggest airport operator. https://www.thelocal.es/20150729/spanish-airport-operator-profits-jump-80-percent Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:32:30 +0200 spanish-airport-operator-profits-jump-80-percent Spain will pocket more than €4 billion when it floats a minority stake in airport operator AENA on Wednesday in Europe's first major stock market listing of the year, while unions call off a 27 strike days planned for between February and August. https://www.thelocal.es/20150210/spain-to-raise-more-than-4-billion-with-airport-operator-sale Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:07:00 +0100 spain-to-raise-more-than-4-billion-with-airport-operator-sale The two main unions at Spanish airport operator AENA on Thursday called 27 strike days between February and August in protest at the partial privatization of the firm. https://www.thelocal.es/20150129/spanish-airport-staff-call-rolling-strikes Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:37:17 +0100 spanish-airport-staff-call-rolling-strikes Spain's government will float a minority stake in the world's largest airport operator, Aena, on the stock market on February 11th, Transport Minister Ana Pastor said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150123/spain-to-float-airport-operator-aena-on-feb-11th Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:23:00 +0100 spain-to-float-airport-operator-aena-on-feb-11th Staff at Madrid's Barajas airport are threatening to go on strike after allegedly being violently intimidated by a roving gang of 50 people who offer an unauthorized luggage shrink-wrap service to travellers. https://www.thelocal.es/20141126/plastic-wrap-pirates-terrorize-airport-staff Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:18:00 +0100 plastic-wrap-pirates-terrorize-airport-staff A last-minute objection by the Economy Ministry means that the agency which manages Spain’s airports will remain entirely in public hands at least until 2015. https://www.thelocal.es/20141031/airport-authority-aena-sell-off-hits-delay Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:49:00 +0100 airport-authority-aena-sell-off-hits-delay AENA, the public body that owns and operates most airports in Spain, has been fined by the Supreme Court of the Canary Islands after they told a would-be employee in Tenerife they didn't want to hire "anyone who might take maternity leave". https://www.thelocal.es/20141015/spains-airport-operator-didnt-want-to-hire-women Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:24:00 +0200 spains-airport-operator-didnt-want-to-hire-women Staff at Madrid's Adolfo Suárez Barajas airport have called a strike for the last weekend of August to protest the privatization of Spain's state-owned airport operator. https://www.thelocal.es/20140820/madrid-airport-staff-to-go-on-strike-late-august Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:45:28 +0200 madrid-airport-staff-to-go-on-strike-late-august Spain’s airport management firm Aena has said it will open an investigation into a runway incident captured on camera at the Barcelona-El Prat airport by a plane spotter on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140707/video-pilot-aborts-landing-as-plane-taxis-across-runway Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:00:00 +0200 video-pilot-aborts-landing-as-plane-taxis-across-runway Spain's government announced on Friday it has agreed to sell a 49-percent stake in the state-owned airport operator, AENA. https://www.thelocal.es/20140613/spain-set-to-sell-49-of-state-airport-aena Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:55:00 +0200 spain-set-to-sell-49-of-state-airport-aena A fun farewell song for a retiring pilot which was broadcast over a dedicated radio frequency recently has landed five Spanish air traffic controllers in serious trouble. https://www.thelocal.es/20130916/singing-air-traffic-controllers-face-crash-landing Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:26:00 +0200 singing-air-traffic-controllers-face-crash-landing Spanish infrastructure group Abertis said on Thursday it had agreed to sell London-Luton airport for €502 million (£433 million, $665 million) to a consortium led by Spain's airport operator. https://www.thelocal.es/20130801/londons-luton-airport-stays-in-spanish-hands Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:35:00 +0200 londons-luton-airport-stays-in-spanish-hands Spanish infrastructure group Abertis on Monday said it has agreed to sell two European airports to American operator ADC & HAS Airports Worldwide for 284 million euros ($373 million). https://www.thelocal.es/20130722/abertis-sells-off-belfast-and-stockholm-airports Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:27:00 +0200 abertis-sells-off-belfast-and-stockholm-airports At least 32 flights between Spain and France have been cancelled because of a strike by French air traffic controllers. https://www.thelocal.es/20130611/french-air-traffic-strike-causes-flight-chaos Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:08:46 +0200 french-air-traffic-strike-causes-flight-chaos Ryanair is holding firm on plans to slash flights in and out of Spain as it protests against higher airport taxes imposed by the Spanish Airports and Air Navigation association, or AENA. https://www.thelocal.es/20130222/ryanair-slashes-spain-routes-as-taxes-bite Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:24:00 +0100 ryanair-slashes-spain-routes-as-taxes-bite