Overview
- A Coruña has led a joint request urging the Xunta to convene a political table that includes the seven cities, the four deputations and the Confederación Galega de Empresarios to design a coordinated airport policy.
- The Xunta says it will participate in coordination only if the Transport Ministry pilots the process and has formally asked Madrid to convene the official airport coordination committee.
- In a CNMV filing following warnings from major shareholder TCI, Aena rejected any regional co‑management, cited legal constraints and reaffirmed a centralized network model backed by a €13 billion investment plan.
- Aena’s chief Maurici Lucena reiterated there will be no change to the governance model, while separately Madrid and the Xunta opened technical talks to transfer management of roughly 40 non‑commercial aerodromes and helipads and foreign work permits to Galicia.
- Local leaders underscored severe passenger leakage to Porto—about 5.7 million Galicians annually versus 5.9 million across Galicia’s three airports—and said Ryanair’s cuts, including closing its Santiago base, make an immediate common strategy urgent.