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Annual report 2010
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Terminal of Puerto Vallarta Airport (Mexico)
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AENA INTERNACIONAL
The sector recovery and a continuous management strategy based on cost restraint allowed the
sector to finish the year with a positive evolution regarding operative results and net profit.
Aena Internacional takes part in the management of the infrastructure of 27 airports, distributed
around the geography of Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and Bolivia), the European Union
(United Kingdom and Sweden) and the United States.
These transactions respond to different participation and presence schemes, where, generally, equity
stake in airport operators and a strong involvement in the managing and operating of the aforementioned infrastructures are combined.
The differential value of Aena Internacional contribution is the scope and diffusion of the knowledge and the know-how developed in the operations of its headquarters in Spain, la Entidad Pública
Empresarial Aena, whose infrastructures and rendered services are a reference of world wide scope
within the sector.
The evolution of the airfreight in 2010 improved noticeably with regard to 2009, seriously affected
by the international crisis. The upturn in the worldwide passenger traffic initiated in the last quarter of 2009 continued in 2010 and it was only interrupted by the Eyjafjallajokull ashes emission
in Iceland, which affected more than 10 million passengers in Europe and extending from there
to the rest of the continents. The increase in the passenger activity in the airport assets, in which
Aena Desarrollo Internacional takes part, amounted to 2.8% over the 47.6 million obtained in
2009 and reaching 48.9% in 2010.
«“The increase in passenger activity in the airports where
Aena Internacional takes part amounted to 2.8%»
A special mention can be done to the achievement of the extension of the concession contract of the
Cartagena de Indias Airport for an additional period of 9 years, which will allow the implementation
of an ambitious programme in the aforementioned airport.
In the aeronautical service area, 2010 has been a year for the consolidation of the In-flight Verification Unit activity, overcoming 770 activity hours and rendering, satisfactorily, verification services of
a wide range of radio-aids.
To conclude, the updating of our ISO 9001-2010 certificate for the activities developed has supposed
the recognition of our eagerness to constant improvement and our commitment guarantee to our
customers regarding quality.
AIRPORT SERVICES
Mexico
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
The Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) runs 12 airports located in the Pacific region of Mexico
among which we can highlight those that render service to important cities like Guadalajara and
Tijuana as well as those located among the four more important Mexican touristic destinations:
Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo. The other six airports render service to cities like
Hermosillo, Bajío, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis.
These airports are located in 9 out of the 32 Mexican states; five of them render service to the capital
cities of those states, covering a territory of nearly 566.000 Km2 and with a population near to 26
million inhabitants. All the airports are designated as international and six of them are among the
ten most important Mexican airports.
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GAP airports are certified in Accessibility, Environmental Performance and ISO 9001: 2000 quality
standards.
Aena Internacional participation is carried out through the company Aeropuertos Mexicanos del
Pacífico (AMP), which is, at the same time, a strategic GAP partner. AMP owns 17.4% of GAP’s
capital and a contract for technical assistance and technology transference. Aena Internacional
is the AMP shareholder qualified as operator partner by the Mexican authorities.
GAP quotes on the Mexican and New York Stock Market, and it is one of the biggest private airport
groups in America.
Airport activity
In 2010 the GAP activity shows an upturn after the strong recession in the previous two years even
when strong market adjustments are still noticeable, with special incidence, in GAP’s activity, of the
Grupo Mexicana de Aviación liquidation.
The total number of passengers attended by GAP (transits excluded) registered a 4.86% upturn.
The traffic of commercial passengers exceeded 20.2 million with a percentage composition of 65/35
national and international.
Operational activity has shown an upturn of 1.65% standing at a total of 411,674 operations.
Air cargo has shown an important recover reaching a total number of 160,485 tons which is a
27.09% more than the previous year.
All these factors as well as the strength of the commercial incomes and the strict cost control have
influenced these excellent economic results achieved by the society.
Main actions
Development master plans programs as well as additional investment plans have been carried on
with an investment of 754 million of Mexican Pesos carried out the previous year.
Guadalajara Airport (Mexico).
2010 main actions were carried out in order to adapt the airport infrastructures to the OACI normative, road surfaces and platforms restoration and the enlargement of the terminal building of
Tijuana’s airport.
Concerning the commercial aspect, the enlargement of the commercial areas of Guadalajara and
San Jose del Cabo were put into service with a new regulation on the number of passengers.
Aena Internacional Advising and Consultancy
The Technology Transference Plan has been carried out with a special contribution in airport systems
formation and media for the GAP technical departments, (Animal control diagnosis, quality control,
methodology for the traffic forecast, etcetera).
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Colombia
gers who flew with LAN Peru which began to operate in the year 2009 as well as to the increase
of flights carried out by Aerolineas Spirit y Aires.
Cartagena de Indias Airport
Cartagena de Indias city Airport is administrated by the Sociedad Aeroportuaria de la Costa S.A
(SACSA). In it, Aena International Development takes part as an operator partner sharing the 38%
of the capital.
Regarding national traffic behavior, Colombian airports saw the effect of the entrance of low
cost companies. In this way, the number of national passengers in Cartagena has shown an
upturn of 28.8% regarding the previous year, with high growth rates for the companies Aires
and Easy Fly, which began to operate the previous year. Furthermore, the main airline Avianca
In 2010 the number of passengers showed an upturn of 12.1% regarding the previous year. The
aforementioned upturn, as in the previous year, is due to the increase in the number of passen-
kept its growth rate.
It is also important to highlight that, for the first time in the history of the Airport and since the
beginning of the franchise, had more than 2 million passengers, this is an upturn of 26.3% as compared to 2009.
As a consequence of this, the profits of SACSA have shown an upturn of 17% regarding
2009.
Barranquilla Airport
Barranquilla Airport is administered by the Aeropuertos del Caribe S.A society (ACSA) of which Aena
Desarrollo International is its operator partner and shares the 40%.
The number of passengers in the Barranquilla Airport showed an upturn of 31.7% due to the
increase of national and international flights. Domestic flights increased by 30.9% keeping the
low cost companies growth that began the previous year. Regarding international flights, they
increased by 38.6% due to new operational lines and to the new connection to Miami that
began in 2010.
As a consequence of this, the incomes of the franchise have shown an important upturn.
Cali Airport
Cali airport is administered by Aerocali Society S.A of which Aena Desarrollo International shares
Barranquilla Airport (Colombia).
33.34%.
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Traffic augmented with respect of the previous year, reaching 3.42 million passengers. Domestic
passengers increased by 28% and international passengers increased 12.6%.
the increase in UK airport fees and their excellent commercial income pushed up the net profit
until 14.3 million Pounds.
All these data, with the effort of Aerocali in order to improve the commercial incomes, as well as the
cost restraint lead to an increase of the society’s incomes.
The decrease in the passenger traffic put the total passenger quantity for the group in 21.4 million,
contrasting with the remarkable increment of the three Bolivian airports (19%). The greatest traffic
falls took place in Orlando (Sanford), Cardiff and Belfast Airports.
«Cartagena Airport franchise contract was extended for
another 9 years»
TBI continued to apply a restraint policy in which most of the resources were essentially devoted to
maintenance actions.
TBI
Aena Desarrollo Internacional takes part in the company TBI P.L.C. through Airports Concessions and
Development Limited (ACDL) society, which shares the 100% of the first one.
TBI operates in property or concession in London Airport (Luton), Belfast and Cardiff in the UK; Orlando Sanford in USA; La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba in Bolivia; and Skavsta in Sweden. It also
has different operation and management contracts in USA.
Aena Desarrollo Internacional shares 10% of ACDL.
Worldwide crisis recovery allowed a weak upturn in the passenger number operated by TBI
airports, which moved from a 7.7% downturn in 2009 to a 5% decrease in 2010. TBI traffic
was seriously affected by the volcanic ashes in the UK airports and by the partial loss of the
company Allegiant in the Orlando Airport. Nevertheless, cost restraint and investment strategy,
Cartagena de Indias Airport (Colombia).
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Cuba
Aena Desarrollo Internacional developed the ‘Asesoramiento y Capacitación para la operación de los
aeropuertos de Ecasa” contract, with great incidence in 2010 in projects and tasks related to operating security and aerodrome certification.
AERONAUTICAL SERVICES
The In-flight Verification Unit provided 158 calibration services
in 2010
In-flight Verification Unit
During 2010 the In-flight Verification Unit of Aena Desarrollo Internacional rendered its verification
services on a regular basis overcoming the 700 hour minimum objective stated at the beginning of
the year.
The client portfolio included the Entidad Pública Empresarial Aena and Aeropuertos de Catalunya. The
number of flights this year reached 332 and, in total, flight hours amounted to 774.
The total number of calibration services provided by the unit was 158 (31 NDB, 50 VOR-DME, 5 DME,
23 ILS Category I, 1 ILS Category II, 20 ILS Category III, 7 PAPI, 18 sets of procedures and 3 radar chart).
Others
During 2010, participation strategy on the Galileo project, defined by the Ministry of Public Works,
was reformulated. As a consequence, the Galileo office at Aena Desarrollo Internacional disappears
redirecting its resources towards support maintenance activities in its matrix company in the aerial
navigation sphere.
Aena Desarrollo Internacional continued being the vehicle for Entidad Pública Empresarial Aena in
order to participate, with other European aerial navigation services providers, in the ESSP Society
(European Satellite Services Provider).
London Airport (Luton).
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International activity: Business participation
33,33%
Aeropuertos
Mexicanos
del Pacífico
40%
Aeropuertos
del Caribe S.A.
38%
Sociedad
Aeroportuaria
de la Costa S.A.
33,34%
Aerocali S.A.
10%
ACDL
16,67%
100%
17,3 %
Barranquilla
Cartagena de Indias
Cali
London-Luton
Guadalajara
Tijuana
Puerto Vallarta
San José del Cabo
Hermosillo
Bajío
Morelia
La Paz
Mexicali
Aguas Calientes
Manzanillo
Los Mochis
Belfast
Stockholm-Skavsta
La Paz
Cochabamba
Santa Cruz
Orlando-Sanford
Raleigh-Durham
Macon
Atlanta
Burbank
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Airbridges in the Seville Airport