Aena's Spanish airports serve 30.6 million passengers in May

Aena SME SA

12/06/2026 11:23

    June 12 (Reuters) - Some 30.6 million passengers travelled through Aena's AENA.MC Spanish airports in May, 5% more than in the same month last year, the airport operator said on Friday.
Growing passenger numbers highlight Spain's resilience as a tourism hub even as the global airline industry grapples with geopolitical instability, aircraft delivery delays, labour shortages and rising operational costs that have constrained capacity growth elsewhere.
Passenger numbers were up 3.7% in the first five months of 2026, slower than the 4.7% rise a year ago
Madrid's Adolfo Suarez Barajas remained the busiest airport in Spain, ahead of Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat and Palma de Mallorca
All Aena-operated locations—comprising 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, 17 airports in Brazil, and London's Luton—saw a rise of 3.6% to 33.5 million passengers in May
The group’s January-May traffic was supported by airlines' expanded early summer capacity following the Middle East conflict
It was also lifted by a shift from rail to air travel after the January 18 train crash in southern Spain

(Reporting by Gemma Guasch in Gdansk, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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