Spanish airports and control towers The Government's plan to privatize airports and control towers in Spain has whetted the appetite of large European navigation providers and Spanish companies with airport businesses. Ferrovial and Indra have conveyed to the Ministry of Public Works their interest in entering the tender to provide services and manage some aerodromes. In July, the Council of Ministers approved the Royal Decree that regulates the certification of new private air navigation providers, an activity that is now in the hands of AENA, the public airport manager. As El Confidencial Digital has learned from sources in the aeronautical sector, the Spanish companies Ferrovial and Indra have informed the Ministry of Public Works that they are studying the possibility of entering the competition to take over the management of the control towers and provide their services in the Spanish airports that AENA and the department led by José Blanco plan to privatize.
The competition will begin in the coming weeks to be awarded before the end of the year and will be supervised by the State Aviation Safety Agency . The same sources explain to ECD that the objective of these companies is to deal with the management of the navigation service within the aerodromes, that is, the traffic of NewZealand Phone Numbers 1 Million List airplanes and takeoffs and landings. Route navigation and approach to airports will continue in the hands of AENA . The experts consulted add that mixed consortia made up of Spanish companies and foreign companies specialized in the navigation activity will be submitted to the competition . Air market sources point to Ferrovial as one of the firms that has shown its willingness to enter the tender. The group chaired by Rafael del Pino has an important aeronautical business that includes the services subsidiary Swissport and BAA, owner of the London-Heathrow aerodrome.
According to the sources consulted , Indra is also interested in the operation of new private Spanish airports. The technology company, one of AENA 's main suppliers , has numerous projects underway to improve navigation systems. Sources close to Indra have confirmed to this confidentiality that the company is studying its entry into Spanish air traffic control, but a final decision has not yet been made in this regard. The company has airport management providers such as NATS among its most important clients . At Ferrovial , they have preferred not to comment on their plans for the aerodromes, although they admit that strong Catalan support and his clean and solvent career, but he needs to convince other businessmen that he is 'the new Ferrer Salat' , the peel of Catalanist, or of being a submariner of the Generalitat, just as Ferrer Salat did, according to the sources consulted by ECD .