Aena Group welcomes 37 million passengers in June as first-half growth moderates

Aena Group handled 36.99 million passengers in June 2026, an increase of 3.5% compared with the same month last year, while first-half traffic reached 189.96 million passengers, up 3.9% year-on-year. The group also recorded 315,153 aircraft movements in June (+4.8%) and handled 119,430 tonnes of freight, broadly in line with 2025 levels.

Across Aena’s Spanish airport network, 31.64 million passengers travelled in June (+3.8%), while first-half traffic rose 3.7% to 156.25 million passengers. However, Aena noted that growth has slowed compared with the first half of 2025, when passenger numbers increased by 4.5% over the previous year.

Madrid-Barajas remained the group’s busiest airport in June with 6.09 million passengers (+4.5%), followed by Barcelona-El Prat (5.46 million, +3.2%) and Palma de Mallorca (4.30 million, +1.6%). Among Spain’s major airports, Alicante-Elche recorded the strongest growth (+10.5%), while Valencia also posted a robust increase (+8.8%).

In Brazil, Aena’s 17 airports handled 3.59 million passengers in June, a 1.9% decline, although first-half traffic increased 4.1% to 22.85 million passengers. London Luton Airport continued its strong performance, welcoming 1.77 million passengers in June (+9.6%), while Leeds Bradford Airport, which joined the Aena Group in May, handled 509,178 passengers, up 2.2%.

Across the Group, cargo volumes totalled 739,612 tonnes in the first six months of 2026, an increase of 1.2%, while aircraft movements rose 3.2% to 1.64