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Aena prepares to set new restrictions on the height of buildings near Malaga airport

JESÚS HINOJOSA

There are plans to costruct several tall residential, hotel and office buildings in Malaga city but some of the designs may have to be changed because the aviation authority Aena is preparing new regulations which will affect the height of buildings ... in areas close to the airport. The new building projects represent over 1.3 billion euros of investment in total, and in some cases construction has already started, but Aena's restrictions could mean the buildings will have to be lower than ... planned. Although the pending document has not yet been approved, Aena has already recommended that Vía Célere, the developers of the 'Flex' residential complex in Avenida de Velázquez, should reduce their building from 15 storeys to 12. The architect of

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Passenger numbers at Malaga Airport rose by 7.3% in the first four months of this year

Pilar Martínez

The Costa del Sol's airport continues its strong start to the year. In the period January to April, compared to last year, there were 7.3 per cent more passengers arriving or departing. Data from Aena, the airport operator, says that 5.2 million

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An end in sight to second runway's TV obstacle at Malaga airport

FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ

...released to the public, so those affected can register objections if they so wish, it is known that Aena and RTVA have been negotiating about this matter for months. According to sources at Canal Sur, the Spanish airport operator Aena will pay the costs ... air traffic flow, and the idea was to use one for arrivals and one for departures. However, the obstacles close to the southern end of the second runway are making it impossible for planes to take off or land from there. Sources at Aena say that the

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Aena is to invest 50 million euros in two years on airport improvements

Pilar Martínez

The airport in Malaga is preparing for further growth and Terminal 2, which was built in 1991, is to be completely renovated so that its design matches that of the most modern area, Terminal 3. The Aena airports authority is planning to invest ... they see, impacting the image of the destination for tourists. The director of the airport, Salvador Merino, with Aena's new director of Communication, María Gómez, explained this week that part of the works will be carried out during low season for ... capacity, so there is plenty of room," he said. With regard to the investment, he explained that Aena plans to spend 21.3 million euros this year and another 17.4 million in 2019. In addition there will be money spent on improving the commercial area,

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Preliminary agreement between Aena and unions

LUCÍA PALACIOS

It looks as if the series of 25 strikes which would have affected Spanish airports this autumn and winter may have been avoided. Earlier this week the management of the airport operator AENA and Enair, the air traffic control company, announced ... the end of the year, but the unions agreed to postpone them because the negotiations appeared to be progressing well. President of AENA resigns one day after agreement signed Details of this preliminary agreement have not been released, ... reportedly at the unions' request, but are expected to be given soon. It is hoped that it will receive definitive approval early next week, at the latest. The unions were demanding 450 new jobs be created at AENA and another 250 at Enaire to compensate for

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President of AENA resigns one day after agreement signed

AENA president José Manuel Vargas has announced that he is stepping down on 15 October for “personal reasons.” It is not yet known who will replace him. Vargas took up the position in early 2012 after being appointed by the then Minister of

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Tentative agreement between Aena and unions over strikes

david valera

Efforts are being made by the Spanish airport operator Aena to meet the demands of airport workers’ unions and avoid the series of 25 strikes which are due to begin on 15 September and continue until the end of the year. After a meeting this week ... between the CC OO, UGT and USO unions, Aena president José Manuel Vargas and Ángel Luis Arias (CEO of the air traffic control company Enaire), the two companies issued a statement saying that they agreed in principle with the unions over staffing levels ... and salaries, but as this is a public service, the decision lies with the Ministry of Finance, even though Aena and Enaire are self-financing and do not rely on government funding. Although no figures were given with regard to extra staff, the

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Aena to invest 6.2 million euros to renovate Malaga Airport's older Terminal 2

Pilar Martínez

Aena, the national airport operator, will shortly start investing 6.2 million euros in renovating Terminal 2 of Malaga Airport. The terminal is the older building, where Ryanair and Easyjet check-in desks are located. The contract have been ... corresponding area of T3, with the aim of giving the entire airport a uniform appearance. “The idea is to update the aesthetics of T2, which was first opened in 1991, to that of T3, which was finished in March 2010,” Comas said. Aena have said that the ... passengers annually, so there is a drive for further expansion to the airport in the longer term, as it is feared that the local economy could suffer if the airport does not keep pace with increasing numbers of tourists. Aena has commissioned a report on

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Malaga airport will end the year with record figures of around 20 million passengers

Pilar Martínez

...destinations. The AENA airport authority believes it is unlikely that Malaga will break the 20 million barrier, this year but the final figure will be very close.

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The head of Spanish airports tells forum about Malaga improvements

IGNACIO LILLO

Speaking at the forum for business leaders organised by SUR at Malaga's AC Palacio Hotel last Friday, 5 April, the president of airport-operators Aena announced a raft of new initiatives at Malaga airport. Explaining that the reason for the ... improvements was the rapid growth in passenger numbers, Jaime García-Legaz said that Aena wanted to increase the capacity at the main Costa del Sol gateway to 29 million passengers a year. This would be two million above its current planned capacity and 10 ... million more than its present passenger levels. He said that the long-term master plan for the airport was being reviewed and he encouraged all businesses and local authorities to make their comments known to Aena so they can take them into account.