Aena reacted forcefully to the return to the Courts of the Balearic Islands' bill that requests airport co-management for the Mediterranean archipelago. The company managing the national network of airfields considers it unconstitutional to grant powers over the management of airports of general interest and warned about the risks that altering the current model would entail.
The company sent a letter to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the body responsible for supervising Spanish stock markets, in which it set out its arguments against co-management. Aena, with 49% of its share capital in private hands, is listed on the Stock Exchange, which explains the need to formally communicate its position to the regulator.
This warning comes at a time when the State is negotiating with the Canary Islands exactly this same demand: co-management of airports. The Sánchez Government thus faces pressure from two sides, with Aena opposing the cession of powers and the islands insisting on their claim.
The Balearic and Canary Islands, for their part, continue to pressure the central Executive to move toward a co-management model that raises controversy at the top of the airport sector and that threatens to significantly alter the management structure of Spanish airfields.
