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Self-bag drop trials at Aena. Awards, awards, awards A successful IPO

Aena, in collaboration with airlines that are In the past months some of our airports have On 11th of February, Aena launched its IPO, interested in offering their passengers this received awards in recognition of the good Europe’s biggest since 2011. It was a historical service, is currently developing a pilot project results and performance of 2014. Adolfo moment and the floatation was extremely in order to evaluate different self-bag drop Suárez -Barajas has been elected as successful. The Children’s Investment Found solutions available on the market. These Best in Southern Europe by Skytrax (TCI) remains as the biggest single private systems allow passengers to introduce their while -El Prat has been second. Both shareholder and is represented on Aena’s luggage in the automated baggage handling of them are amongst the 10 best in the world Board. system with the aid of a user-friendly machine. of their traffic categories. In addition, Adolfo Aena, the world’s biggest airport operator in The airports that are participating in the Suárez Madrid-Barajas has been awarded by program are Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, terms of passenger traffic, remains a publicly CAPA as the Best International Airport in 2014. Barcelona-El Prat and -Elche. owned airport operator with 51% of its share And last but not least, Murcia San Javier has capital in the hands of the State. This initiative is part of the Fast Travel program been recognized by the passengers as the developed by IATA that aims to reduce the time spent by passengers at airports. Best European Airport of less than 2 million passengers according to ASQ awards that are given by ACI (Airports Council International). Aena will attend Routes Europe in Aberdeen from 12 to 14 April 2015.

Our Airline Customer Relations and Airport Marketing Team will attend the route development event along with Tourspain and tourist board representatives from some of the most important regions in . Please request an extra meeting with us if you want some information from our airports and you don’t have one scheduled yet. New Routes Page

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From To Airline From To Airline Seville London Gatwick Asturias Tenerife North Express Barcelona-El Prat Basel Mulhouse Barcelona-El Prat Cologne Barcelona-El Prat Dublin Vueling March 2015 Barcelona-El Prat Rotterdam Vueling Barcelona-El Prat Verona Vueling Barcelona-El Prat Lublin From To Airline Barcelona-El Prat Szczecin Wizz Air A Coruña Paris Orly Iberia Bilbao Brussels Vueling A.S. Madrid-Barajas Málaga Costa del Sol Bilbao London Gatwick Vueling A.S. Madrid-Barajas Berlin Schoenefeld Ryanair Bilbao London Heathrow British Airways A.S. Madrid-Barajas Birmingham Norwegian Bilbao Rome Vueling A.S. Madrid-Barajas Bucharest OTP Ryanair Gran Canaria London Heathrow Iberia Express A.S. Madrid-Barajas Edinburgh Iberia Express Lanzarote Paris Orly Vueling A.S. Madrid-Barajas London Gatwick Iberia Express Málaga Costa del Sol Birmingham Norwegian A.S. Madrid-Barajas Lyon Iberia Express Málaga Costa del Sol Edinburgh Norwegian A.S. Madrid-Barajas Niza Iberia Express Palma de Mallorca Gothenburg Ryanair A.S. Madrid-Barajas Niza Norwegian Santander Paris Charles de Gaulle Air Nostrum A.S. Madrid-Barajas Vilnius Ryanair Seville Frankfurt A.S. Madrid-Barajas Bratislava Ryanair Seville Munich Lufthansa A.S. Madrid-Barajas Dubrovnik Norwegian Seville Rome Fiumicino Ryanair A.S. Madrid-Barajas Hamburg Iberia Seville Toulouse easyJet A.S. Madrid-Barajas El Cairo* Air Cairo Tenerife North London Heathrow Iberia Express Alicante-Elche Hamburg easyJet Geneva Swiss Alicante-Elche Cologne Ryanair Valencia Stuttgart Germanwings

*Stopover in Aswan Statistics Page

Traffic by Airport

Year 2014 Year 2014

Airport Change Change. % Passengers Change Change. % 2014-2013 2014-2013 Airport Passengers 2014-2013 2014-2013

01 A.S. Madrid-Barajas 41.833.374 2.097.756 5,3% 26 Vigo 680.387 1.667 0,2% 02 Barcelona-El Prat 37.559.044 2.342.216 6,7% 27 Fgl -Jaen 650.544 12.256 1,9% 03 Palma De Mallorca 23.115.499 347.467 1,5% 28 Zaragoza 418.576 -39.019 -8,5% 04 Malaga-Costa Del Sol 13.749.134 823.948 6,4% 29 319.603 30.052 10,4% 05 Gran Canaria 10.315.732 545.693 5,6% 30 San Sebastian 245.422 419 0,2% 06 Alicante-Elche 10.065.873 427.038 4,4% 31 Valladolid 223.587 -36.698 -14,1% 07 Tenerife Sur 9.176.274 474.546 5,5% 32 El Hierro 148.864 9.711 7,0% 08 Ibiza 6.211.882 485.303 8,5% 33 Pamplona 138.316 -20.774 -13,1% 09 Lanzarote 5.883.039 548.440 10,3% 34 Badajoz 39.600 10.488 36,0% 10 Fuerteventura 4.764.632 506.563 11,9% 35 La Gomera 28.897 4.451 18,2% 11 Valencia 4.592.512 -25.560 -0,6% 36 Leon 23.100 -7.790 -25,2% 12 Bilbao 4.015.352 214.578 5,6% 37 Burgos 21.583 2.678 14,2% 13 Sevilla 3.884.146 196.432 5,3% 38 Salamanca 17.745 1.915 12,1% 14 Tenerife Norte 3.638.953 114.483 3,2% 39 Logroño 12.239 1.641 15,5% 15 Menorca 2.632.615 67.153 2,6% 40 Vitoria 7.073 161 2,3% 16 Girona 2.160.646 -576.221 -21,1% 41 Cordoba 6.613 -343 -4,9% 17 Santiago 2.083.873 10.726 0,5% 42 /Helipuerto 4.294 -1.389 -24,4% 18 Murcia-San Javier 1.095.343 -45.470 -4,0% 43 Sabadell 2.686 -307 -10,3% 19 Asturias 1.065.570 26.164 2,5% 44 Son Bonet 2.483 -656 -20,9% 20 A Coruña 988.834 148.997 17,7% 45 Madrid-Cuatro Vientos 2.126 168 8,6% 21 La Palma 862.836 53.315 6,6% 46 Algeciras /Helipuerto 1.570 -1.368 -46,6% 22 Reus 850.648 -120.372 -12,4% 47 Albacete 1.409 198 16,4% 23 Santander 815.636 -158.407 -16,3% 48 Huesca-Pirineos 263 -10 -3,7% 24 Jerez De La Frontera 758.004 -53.453 -6,6% Total 195.861.278 8.456.149 4,5% 25 Almeria 744.847 39.333 5,6% Source: Aena Statistics Page

Airlines Ranking

Year 2013 Year 2014 Airline Change Change, % Passengers Passengers Market Share 2014 - 2013 2014 - 2013 01 Ryanair 32.432.328 31.704.555 16,2% -727.773 -2,2% 02 Vueling 23.526.466 26.915.101 13,7% 3.388.635 14,4% 03 13.777.478 14.854.651 7,6% 1.077.173 7,8% 04 Iberia 13.262.561 13.367.576 6,8% 105.015 0,8% 05 easyJet 11.993.738 12.384.313 6,3% 390.575 3,3% 06 Air Berlin 10.034.010 9.517.608 4,9% -516.402 -5,1% 07 Air Nostrum 6.408.572 6.649.970 3,4% 241.398 3,8% 08 Iberia Express 5.830.166 6.131.407 3,1% 301.241 5,2% 09 Binter+ Naysa 4.985.077 5.133.484 2,6% 148.407 3,0% 10 Norwegian 3.244.822 4.693.315 2,4% 1.448.493 44,6% Total Top 10 Airlines

125.495.218 131.351.980 67,1% 5.856.762 4,7%

Other Airlines

61.909.911 64.509.298 32,9% 2.599.387 4,2%

Total Aena 187.405.129 195.861.278 100% 8.456.149 4,5%

Source: Aena Statistics Page

Market Ranking

Year 2013 Year 2014 Market Change Change, % Passengers Passengers Market Share 2014- 2013 2014 - 2013 01 Spain 57.837.728 58.932.707 30,1% 1.094.979 1,9% 02 United Kingdom 32.990.183 34.531.181 17,6% 1.540.998 4,7% 03 Germany 23.177.212 24.617.291 12,6% 1.440.079 6,2% 04 Italy 9.694.495 10.490.960 5,4% 796.465 8,2% 05 France 9.410.689 10.040.962 5,1% 630.273 6,7% 06 Holland 5.592.404 5.967.328 3,0% 374.924 6,7% 07 Switzerland 4.939.410 5.177.821 2,6% 238.411 4,8% 08 Belgium 4.500.275 5.078.665 2,6% 578.390 12,9% 09 Ireland 3.049.969 3.085.886 1,6% 35.917 1,2% 10 Sweden 2.936.430 3.016.031 1,5% 79.601 2,7% Total Top 10 Markets

154.128.795 160.938.832 82,2% 6.810.037 4,4%

Other Markets

33.276.334 34.922.446 17,8% 1.646.112 4,9%

Total Aena 187.405.129 195.861.278 100% 8.456.149 4,5%

Source: Aena Luton and Asunción Page

Short Haul Route: Luton

General Overview And will increase annual passenger capacity British residents Spanish from 12 million to 18 million by 2031. Luton Airport is the 5th largest and one of the in Spain residents in UK fastest growing airport in UK. It is located to Madrid 10,300 7,800 the North West London, and has the highest 2h drive population of any London airport, with 20,600 5,500 22m inhabitants, and only 25 minutes by rail to Central London. Spain 385,200 45,100

With 10.5 million passengers in 2014, the Source: INE 2013 airport offers passengers an extensive choice A similar situation occurred in Madrid where of both scheduled and charter services to over 2,587,450 passengers travelled to London 100 destinations, including services to Europe and 5.5% used Luton. There is one company and Africa. operating. In the case of Spain Luton is connected Incentive scheme with 14 Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Reus, Murcia, Alicante, Malaga, Ibiza, A rebate for every additional passenger carried over prior year, over and above any Palma de Majorca, Menorca, Fuerteventura, Source: Luton Airport Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife pricing incentive and/or marketing support Potential routes arrangements agreed with the airport. Nevertheless, there is potential for new routes or additional ones as in July 2014 final In 2014 2,546,465 passengers travelled planning consent for £100m was granted for between Barcelona and London and 7.2% used the development of London Luton Airport. Luton as their destination airport. There is one company operating. The development plan includes: - an expanded and modernised terminal Airport 1 hour 2 hours building LTN 7.1m 22.0m - improvements in surface access LHR 8.9m 20.9m - 15 additional aircraft stands- LGW 6.8m 17.2m - additional contact gates to existing piers - new relocated and enlarged security STN 5.3m 16.7m screening area Drive population of any London airport London Luton development plan Source: Luton Airport Source: Luton Airport Luton and Asunción Page

Long Haul Route: Asunción

General overview Asunción is the capital of Paraguay and one of the oldest cities in South America. Founded in 1,537 by the Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar y Espinosa in the Colonial era, the city is historically connected to Spain and served as starting point of conquerors that seek gold and silver in Alto Peru. It is also known as “The Mother of Cities” because some colonial expeditions departed from Asunción to found Buenos Aires and other importan cities. Asunción is today a cozy city full of contrasts with old buildings and modern towers, neighborhood stores where you can buy handcraft products and amazing shopping centers, modest hotels and restaurants which include typical food and international cuisine. This combined with its romantic nights and entertainment makes of this city a real sense of pleasure. According to the National Statistics Institute of Madrid, with 46,665 indirect passengers and The document also defines the new regulatory Spain in 2014 there were 74,910 Paraguayan Barcelona with 15,148 indirect passengers framework for Spanish Airports for the next people living in Spain, mainly in Madrid in 2014 are the main destinatios to consider a years. new route to Asunción. (24,978), Catalonia (13,014) and Andalusia Incentive Scheme for 2015 (10,618). Airport charges frozen until 2025 The new route would benefit from the Potential routes. The Spanish Government approved last 5th incentive scheme valid for 2015 with discounts Spain has no direct connection with July the RD-Law 8/2014 which includes the in the passenger and security charges. Check Asunción since 25 years ago, however in freezing of airport charges levels until 2025 this information in the Price Guide 2015 by 2014, 73,319 indirect passengers travelled and exeption of cargo charge. clicking here. from Asunción to Spain. Public Holidays in Spain Page

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2 in Andalucia, Aragón, Astu 1 4 Corpus Christi in Madrid and Castilla-La Man- rias, Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La cha Mancha, Castilla-León, Extremadura, Galicia, 2 Day of Madrid Community Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco, La , 9 Day of La Rioja and Murcia Community Ceuta and Melilla 15 Saint Isidro in Madrid 24 Saint John in Cataluña Community 30 Day of Canarias 3

6 in Baleares, Cantabria, Casti- lla- La Mancha, Cataluña, Valencia, Navarra, Pais Vasco and La Rioja

23 Day of Castilla-León and Aragon Community

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Did you know?

The festive stage par excellence in Seville hundreds of canvas huts that settled in an is Spring and its calendar begins with the ephemeral way for the days of celebration Semana Santa, the Holy Week, of universal of this feast, being adorned the streets with fame. Already in the 16th cent the Passion of farolillos (paper lights) of bright colours. Christ was commemorated with processions In the early afternoon the Paseo de Caballos carried out by different religious associations (horse drawn carriages ride) takes place, and denominated Hermandades or Cofradias from the Domingo de Resurrección (Easter (brotherhoods or fraternities). Every day during Sunday) there are bullfights in the Maestranza the Holy Week, starting on Domingo de Ramos bullring. The music during this Feria are mostly (Palm Sunday) there are processional parades the popular Sevillanas. The Fair is inaugurated at late night. Beside, on Viernes Santo (Sacred at midnight in the so-called “Alumbrado” Friday) at dawn eight brotherhoods take part (“Lighting Test”), concentrating the crowds in the processions, among them the famous around the Portada (Gateway) an ephemeral Macarena and the Gran Poder. architecture adorned with thousands of bulbs; The images go accompanied by Nazarenos, and it is closed at the same hour six days later members of the different brotherhoods who with a show of fireworks. march in procession, dressed with a different tunic for each fraternity covered with a pointed hood and a mask. Immediately behind the float Don’t miss it!! the penitents that carry crossings go equally dressed but without any hood. An important element in the procession is the music that can sometimes be a simple accompaniment of bugles and drums of military La Macarena inspiration. After a brief interval of time, the Feria de Abril A special mention deserves the Saeta, a takes place. Created as a commercial fair by flamenco song interpreted without instrumental the middle of the 19th cent, as time went accompaniment. by, the festive aspects that accompanied the agricultural and cattle activities in its origin On the other hand, the Holy Week has a specific were only the ones to last. During the Feria, gastronomy composed by the cod plates and a people get dressed with the typical suits series of candies among which the “Torrijas” are inspired by the traditional Andalusian rural the favorites. attires. The ferial enclosure is composed of Source: Turismo de Sevilla Discover Valencia Airport Page

Valencia: An airport that supports the future of the region

Valencia Airport, which is located just 8 handles mainly domestic scheduled flights the agriculturally-related private aviation km from the city centre, has become an and a significant of international manoeuvres and air operations which take important business and tourist centre, traffic from European Union countries. place every year are an important part of this encouraging economic growth in the area. It General aviation is very important too, airport’s activity.

General Airport Facts Passenger Profile

Timetable H24 % 12/30 (3,215 x 45 m.) 54 46% Man Woman Arrivals: 20 Runway capacity Departures: 20 Nationality Residence Total: 34 47% Valencia Arrivals: 1,530 Terminal Capacity 1,100 No UE Pax/h Departures: 1,680 1,100 No UE 58% 42% Spanish Foreign % % Total: 42 15 37 Rest of Spain Foreign Airbridges: 6 Commercial Aviation Types: 1 A320, 12 B737, Parking stands 1 B747, 10 B757, 3 B767- Age Reason of the Journey 200, 1 Bae 146, 5 CRJ- 100% 900, 8 CRJ-1000, 1 MD 88 50% 80% 40% New York (28,442), 60% 30% Potential routes to Moscow (17,611), Berlin 40% the airport (23,334), Stuttgart 20% 20% by indirect (13,908), Munich (18,489), 10% Hamburg (13,102), Vienna 0 4% 25% 49% 15% 7% 0 24% 31% 41% 4% passengers in 2014 (17,080) < 15 15 - 29 30 - 49 50 - 64 >64 Business Visit Holidays Other Family/Friends Discover Valencia city Page

Discover Valencia

Valencia, one of the most growing European different kinds of scene in the various nightlife Its green spaces. destinations in the last decade, offers a areas, from the hotspots in the old town, to Valencia converted the former bed of the River combination of avant-garde style, culture those by the sea or in the student areas. Turia, which used to run through the city, into and mediterranean spirit, bound to captivate Its festivals and traditions. an enormous 9 km long park. Today it is a any visitor. There are thousands of things to In Valencia there is always something to green lung in which to walk, cycle, play sport, discover: celebrate. Its most important festivals include go to cafés, etc. Valencia also has a unique and Its 300 days of sunshine. Las Fallas, when the city is filled with gigantic fascinating nature area: the Albufera Natural A mild climate with 300 days of sunshine per sculptures that are burned to mark the arrival Park. year and an average temperature of 19º C of springtime. Other festivals include Maritime Its cutting-edge architecture. make Valencia an ideal destination at any time Holy Week, the procession of Our Lady of the Great 21st century buildings, such as the City of year. Forsaken, Valencian Corpus Christi and the July of Arts and Sciences designed by Santiago Its 2,000 years of history. Fair. Calatrava, The Conference Centre by Norman Valencia contains influences from Roman, Foster and the Veles e Vents building by David Visigoth, Moorish and Medieval cultures. This Chipperfield, have all helped to make Valencia is evident in many of its iconic monuments a landmark of architecture and a symbol of and buildings, such as the Lonja de la Seda European avant-garde. (Silk Exchange, designated a UNESCO World Its unique nooks and crannies. Heritage Site), La Almoina, the Serranos and Valencia will fascinate you with its charming Quart Towers and the Cathedral. little spots that do not appear in guidebooks Its Mediterranean cuisine. but that you will discover during your visit. The A rich and varied cuisine whose key ingredient mansion houses and plazas of the Barrio del is rice prepared in a variety of ways, with paella Carmen, the Plaza Redonda, the Santa Catalina as the signature dish. Church - in whose square you will find the Its beaches. narrowest building in Europe - the frescos in the San Nicolás Church, the clock of the Santos In Valencia, you have seven kilometres of Juanes Church, San Vicente’s baptismal font in beaches on which to find your perfect spot. the San Esteban parish church or the alligator Choose from city beaches, which you can get over the door of the El Patriarca Church are just to by metro or tram, or more unspoilt beaches, some examples of the hundreds of surprises such as El Saler in the Albufera Natural Park. that Valencia has in store for you. Its lifestyle. Further information: In Valencia, thousands of people soak up the www.visitvalencia.com sun all year round at an outdoor bar or café, Valencia Cathedral, floral offering (Virgin of the Forsaken) while having a few and a glass of wine www.valenciatouristcard.com or cold beer. And at night… there are lots of Source: Turismo Valencia Discover Valencia city Page

Valencia, meeting point and unique spaces

Valencia is the third biggest non capital Valencia Exhibition Centre Events Centre and a historic former mill that has been restored European city, and tenth world city, in the the chameleonic City of Arts and Sciences, and catalogued as national cultural heritage. organisation of international congresses. which includes the Hemisfèric, Oceanogràfic, Visitors to Turisvalencia can download the VLC The city has a wide range of spaces in which the Prince Felipe Science Museum, the Agora Meetings & Events Guide, which offers both to hold events, conferences, meetings and and the Palau de les Arts, are all spaces that practical information and a list of places in forums, all of which offer added value to such are highly in demand, as well as the Veles e which to hold meetings. meetings. Unique spaces with historical and Vents building, designed by David Chipperfield architectural values, ranging from avant-garde and Fermín Vázquez, is another of the city’s Further information: works such as the Valencia Conference Centre, spectacular architectural spaces. As for smaller www.palcongres-vlc.com designed by British architect Norman Foster capacity spaces with historical and artistic and recognized as the best conference centre value, the city offers a range of old farmhouses www.feriavalencia.com in the world in 2010 by the International dedicated to organizing events, such as www.cac.es Association of Conference Centres. The Campo Anibal, Xamandreu and Molino Real, www.visitvalencia.com/vlcmeetings-events

City of Arts and Sciences, designed by Santiago Calatrava

Source: Turismo Valencia Discover Valencia city Page

Don’t miss in Valencia

MARCH Mascletà and Fallas XVII Valencia Fashion Week www.fallas.com www.valenciafashionweek.com

APRIL Tapas Fair Maritime Holy Week www.marinarealjuancarlosi.com www.semanasantamarinera.org MAY St Dionis. Day of the Valencian Virgin of the Forsaken (local holiday) Community, October 9 www.valencia.es JUNE Valencia Cuina Oberta – Restaurant Holy Grail Festivity, October 30th Week www.catedralvalencia.com Fallas www.valenciacuinaoberta.com Open 500 de Tenis EVERY THURSDAY OF THE YEAR JULY www.valenciaopen500.com Valencia Water Court, July Fair Opera Season at the Palau de les UNESCO intangible Heritage event www.feriadejulio.com NOVEMBER Arts MotoGP Comunidad Valenciana www.lesarts.es Bull Fights www.circuitvalencia.com www.torosvalencia.com in Valencia: Fair grounds, Christmas markets, circus Valencia Cuina Oberta – Restaurant DreamHack Week Expojove (The world’s biggest video game www.valenciacuinaoberta.com event) Film Symphony Orchestra, Palau de 26 December – 4 January www.dreamhack.es/valencia la Música, www.palaudevalencia.com www.expojove.com

SEPTEMBER Musical ‘Los Miserables’, Palau de les Opera season, Palau de les Arts, Valencia Triathlon Arts, www.lesarts.es www.lesarts.es www.valenciatriatlon.es Source: Turismo Valencia Airline Customer Relations and Airport Marketing Team FOLLOW US ON: [email protected]