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Spain’s airport operator Aena slams Ryanair for ‘lies’ in row over flight reductions

News Desk21st September 202522nd September 2025

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Spain’s state airport operator has accused Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary of shifting blame onto Aena to shield himself from passenger anger over flight cancellations.

Spain’s Aena to invest €12.9 billion in upgrading airports during 2027-2031

News Desk18th September 202525th September 2025

18th September 202525th September 20251764

Spanish airport operator Aena announced on Thursday that it intends to more than triple its investment programme, committing 12.88 billion euros for the 2027–2031 period

Ryanair cuts 1 million seats and 36 routes in Spain amid fee dispute

News Desk3rd September 202510th September 2025

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Ryanair has followed through on its threat from last week and will withdraw one million seats from its winter schedule in Spain, cutting 36 direct

Ryanair could cut nearly a million seats on flights to and from Spain this winter

News Desk28th August 20253rd September 2025

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Nearly one million fewer seats on flights to and from Spain’s regional airports could be available this winter, following Ryanair’s decision to cut capacity in

Chaos at passport control sees hundreds miss flights at Madrid airport

News Desk3rd July 20258th July 2025

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A combination of increased passenger traffic, understaffing and a technical glitch led to major delays at Madrid’s Barajas Airport on Wednesday, resulting in hundreds of

Spain’s Aena gets green light for €3.2bn expansion of Barcelona-El Prat airport

News Desk10th June 202519th June 2025

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The Catalan government has given approval for Spain’s airport operator Aena to carry out a 3.2 billion euro expansion of Barcelona airport – officially the

Madrid airport to restrict access for non-travellers due to homeless encampment problem

News Desk15th May 202521st May 2025

15th May 202521st May 20252679

Spain’s airport authority is set to restrict access to Madrid’s Barajas Airport during certain hours of the day as a precautionary step aimed at preventing

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary calls Spanish minister a ‘crazy communist’

News Desk30th January 20256th February 2025

30th January 20256th February 20252587

Tensions between Ryanair and Spain’s minority coalition government (PSOE–Sumar) have intensified after the Irish low-cost carrier cut several regional routes, citing what it calls ‘excessive’

Spanish airports saw record 283 million passengers in 2023

News Desk15th January 202422nd January 2024

15th January 202422nd January 20243820

Passenger traffic at Spanish airports hit a record high in 2023 as tourism rebounded strongly after several years of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. A

Last day of Iberia ground staff strike, but ‘thousands of suitcases’ still displaced

News Desk8th January 202415th January 2024

8th January 202415th January 20247243

The fourth and final day of the Iberia ground staff strike started on Monday, and while the anticipated delays did not materialise as severely as

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