ENAIRE managed nearly 200,000 flights in April, 8.2% more than in 2023, a record year

ENAIRE, Spain's air navigation service provider, managed over nearly 200,000 flights (198,151) in April, 8.2% more than in the same month in 2023, a record year.

International flights (113,896) were up by 8.8%, domestic flights (39,986) by 7.8%, and overflights (44,269), which do not land at or depart from a Spanish airport, by 7.0%.

On 4 and 5 May, 7,065 and 6,999 flights were reported, a record figure and similar to summertime

The increase in Spain in April exceeded the European average of 6.9% by 1.3 percentage points.

All ENAIRE control centres registered an increase in the number of flights managed: Barcelona registered 93,766 flights (+8.9%); Seville, 44,863 (+8.4%); Madrid, 107,754 (+7.0%); Canary Islands, 33,013 flights (+6.2%); and Palma, 30,916 (+2.5%).

Record in the first weekend of May

In addition, the first weekend of May started off with a number of flights managed similar to summertime: 7,065 on Saturday the 4th and 6,999 on Sunday the 5th, which was a new record for ENAIRE.

Cumulative data for 2024

In the first four months of the year, ENAIRE managed over 670,000 flights (672,442), 9.2% more than in the same period in 2023.

International flights from January to April (370,199) increased by 11.3%, overflights (158,318) by 7.4%, and domestic flights (143,925) by 6.0%.

The cumulative data for the year also show that all ENAIRE control centres registered an increase in the number of flights managed: Seville, 159,999 flights managed, 10.8% more than in 2023; Barcelona, 290,197, +10.2% more; the Canary Islands, 138,381, +9.1%; Madrid, 391,735, +8.8%; and Palma, 72,659, +2.9%.

ENAIRE, international leader in security management

Within the framework of the organization’s successive strategic plans, the 2020 Flight Plan and the 2025 Flight Plan, safety, quality of service, efficiency and sustainability are ENAIRE’s priorities in flight management.

Furthermore, ENAIRE has been the European leader in the effectiveness of its Safety Management Systrem since 2019, achieving and maintaining the maximum possible result (100%) since 2020 for the fourth consecutive year.

About ENAIRE

ENAIRE is the air navigation service provider in Spain.

As a company of the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility, it provides en route control services for all flights and overflights from five control centres in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Gran Canaria and Palma, as well as approach services to every airport in the country.

In addition, 46 airports receive communication, navigation and surveillance services from ENAIRE, which also maintains their air traffic control systems, and 21 of them, including the country's busiest airports, rely on its aerodrome air traffic 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, CANSO and ICAO.

ENAIRE, as the responsible agency identified by the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility to implement the U-Space system in Spain, will, through its digital platform, provide the Common Information Services (CIS), which are essential to facilitate U-space services to drones and Urban Air Mobility in cooperation with local air traffic 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 for four years in a row. It has also been awarded the EFQM 500 Seal for its safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable management of air navigation services.