ENAIRE managed over 207,000 flights in September, 8.4% more than in 2022

ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation service provider, managed over 207,000 flights (207,043) in September, 8.4% more than in the same month in 2022. Of those, 120,732 were international, 9.1% more, 39,964 were domestic (+5.4%), and 46,347 were overflights (which do not land at or depart from a Spanish airport) (+9.2%).

All ENAIRE control centres registered an increase in the number of flights managed: Seville recorded 45,129 flights (12.5%); Canary Islands, 30,275 (8.1%);  Barcelona, 103,699 (8.0%); Madrid, 107,114 (7.9%); and Palma, 41,748 (3.7%).

Overflights grew by 9.2%, international flights by 9.1% and domestic flights by 5.4%

A comparison of September 2023 with the same month in 2019, a record year for flights managed by ENAIRE before the pandemic, shows a 1.8% increase.

Cumulative data for 2023

In the first nine months of the year, ENAIRE managed over 1.6 million flights (1,664,716), 11.3% more than in the same period in 2022.

International flights from January to September (944,542) rose by 9.9%, domestic (336,090) by 7.6% and overflights (384,084) by 18.6%.

By control centre, the cumulative figures for Seville stand out, with 372,723 flights managed, a 15.4% increase; Barcelona with 798,309, 11.6% more; and Madrid with 896,663, 11.3% more.

A comparison between the first three quarters of 2023 and the same period in 2019 shows an increase of 0.26%.

Service quality, ENAIRE’s commitment

The measures and projects undertaken by ENAIRE through its strategic initiative 2025 Flight Plan have led to a noticeable improvement in service quality indices when compared to the pre-pandemic traffic record year of 2019, measured in terms of delay reduction, which means a clear benefit for airlines and, as a result, for society as a whole.

The cumulative delay due to Spanish regulations as of August (including all causes) has been cut by 16.6% compared to 2019, while traffic was above the record benchmarks for 2019 and with an 11.8% increase in cumulative traffic in 2022.

When taking into account only the causes of delay attributable to ENAIRE and, despite the increase in traffic, the reduction in delays compared to the 2019 reference is even greater, down 33.9% in the cumulative period January-August 2023, confirming the effectiveness of the measures laid out by ENAIRE in its 2023 Summer Plan.

About ENAIRE

ENAIRE is the air navigation service provider in Spain.

As a company of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, it provides en route control services for all flights and overflights from five control centres in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Canary Islands and Balearics, as well as approach services to every airport in the country.

In addition, 46 airports receive ENAIRE's communication, navigation and surveillance services, and 21 airports, including the country's busiest, rely on its aerodrome control services.

ENAIRE is Europe's fourth largest air traffic manager and participates in the A6 Alliance, a coalition of air navigation providers responsible for over 80% of European air traffic, and which is seeking to modernise the air traffic management system. It is also a member of other international alliances promoting the Single European sky, such as SESAR Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager, iTEC and CANSO.

ENAIRE, as the entity appointed by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda to implement the U-space system in Spain, will be the provider of the Common Information Services (CIS), which are essential for administering U-space services to drones and Urban Air Mobility, in interaction with local air traffic control services, so that all types of aircraft can fly safely in the same airspace.

ENAIRE has received the highest score in Europe on the aviation safety key performance indicator. It has also been awarded the EFQM 500 Seal for its safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable management of air navigation services.