Alicante-Elche Airport faces turbulence as authorities approves tax hike. Picture: ALC Alicante Airport / Fb.
The proposed enhance in airport taxes by the Spanish authorities is anticipated to generate an extra €166M for Alicante-Elche Airport.
The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, introduced the federal government’s resolution to just accept Aena’s proposal for a 4.09 per cent enhance in charges beginning March 1, 2024.
Aena clarified that the proposed enhance quantities to an extra forty cents per passenger, elevating the charge from the present €9.95 to €10.35, paid by airways.
The announcement has confronted opposition from the tourism sector, expressing considerations about potential lack of competitiveness if airways move on the elevated prices to passengers.
Fede Fuster, the president of the Benidorm Lodge Affiliation (HOSBEC), famous that if charges for airways rise, they’re more likely to be mirrored in ticket costs for passengers.
Regardless of opposition, Aena emphasised that the speed enhance relies on a partial recognition of inflation (3.5 per cent) and that the Nationwide Markets and Competitors Fee accepted the applying of this P Index, leading to a cumulative adjustment of 4.09 per cent.
Aena acknowledged that even with the rise, airport charges in 2024 shall be decrease than these in 2019 and confused that Aena’s charges are among the many best in Europe.
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