Funding Pledged For Malaga Airport Expansion

Spain’s Minister for Transport and Mobility, Óscar Puente, announced a €1.5 cardinal finance to grow Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, which intends to summation its capacity to 36 cardinal passengers annually. This follows a record-breaking twelvemonth successful 2024, erstwhile nan airdrome handled astir 25 cardinal passengers.

The description project, group to beryllium included successful nan DORA III (Airport Regulation Document) effective from 2027 to 2031, will statesman immediately, Puente confirmed. Aena, nan Spanish airdrome authority, is preparing to authorise nan contracting for method assistance to draught nan task plans astatine its adjacent committee meeting, pinch nan extremity of starting activity arsenic soon arsenic possible. The curate said that nan backing depends connected DORA, not nan nationalist budget, which should guarantee support by September 2026 astatine nan latest.

Announced astatine an arena by Sur, nan task follows Aena’s June position of nan expansion plan, which will astir double nan terminal’s existent area from 80,000 to 140,000 quadrate metres. The upgrade plans to summation some capacity and value of service. Puente announced that Spain’s airports, including Malaga, person important description imaginable without needing caller complementary airports.

The project includes caller taxiways to amended craft circulation, arsenic nan airdrome does not require further runways but alternatively amended operational efficiency. A caller helping for non-Schengen flights pinch centralised separator control, expanded craft interaction positions, and a redesigned baggage handling strategy is besides planned. Security screening areas will summation by 112 per cent, departure passport power by 515 per cent, non-Schengen/flexible waiting and boarding areas by 381 per cent, and Schengen formation areas by 126 per cent.

It is hoped nan improvements will streamline rider processes from presence to boarding and vice versa, importantly enhancing nan airport’s capacity and work value to meet increasing demand.