Flying so high

Anna Ellis AENA (the airport management group which includes Alicante‐Elche Miguel Hernandez Air‐port) achieved a net profit of €133.6 million be‐tween January and March 2023, compared to a loss of €41.7 million in the first quarter of 2022. The number of total passengers for the Aena Group (Spain, Luton and airports in Northeast Brazil) recovered 100 per cent of pre‐pandemic levels (100.6 per cent of 2019 traffic).

At the airports in the Aena network in Spain, traffic volume reached 53.6 million in the first three months of the year, which is an increase of 41.6 per cent compared to the same period last year and 1.6 per cent higher compared to the first three months of 2019.

ORIHUELA City Council is in the process of implement‐ing a new security system on the eight doors that ac‐cess the Parque Severo Ochoa. The system consists of the placement of steel cables so that the doors re‐main suspended in the event of falling off, a method that has been studied and decided as the optimum for this type of

The total consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2023 increased to €1,026.7m, which is an increase of 34.3 per cent compared to the first quarter of the previous year. Aeronautical revenue was €523m, 26 per cent higher than in 2022. Commercial revenue, supported by a growth in sales from commercial activities sur‐passing 2019 levels, has reached €337.9m, up 40.1 per cent from the first quarter of 2022.