AENA INTERNACIONAL
DESARROLLO S,A
Aena Internacional conducts its activity as a lea-ding Spanish company in the management of aero-nautical facilities for a total of 28 airports, located throughout Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and Bolivia), the European Union (the United King-dom and Sweden) and the United States.
With a diversity of forms of ownership in its sub-sidiaries, from the concession of airport facilities or contracts for the management of terminals or services, to the ownership of assets, the common denominator of Aena Internacional’s contribu-tion is the transfer of knowledge as a generator of value through the direct involvement of its exe-cutive offi cers in management and by providing quality technical aeronautical assistance services. The latter, whether as an operating partner in so-me cases, or a so-mere service provider in others, are materialized through projects in which the pri-mary values are safety, effi ciency and respect for the environment, the pillars upholding our ma-nagement, which is recognized and highly es-teemed by our partners, customers and related institutions.
In 2009, as a consequence of the global fi nan-cial crisis and its repercussions in the transport in-dustry, the level of activity of Aena Internacional subsidiaries was lower than that of 2008 because of the decline in passengers recorded mainly in Mexico and in the entirety of airports that make up TBI, Nevertheless, Aena Internacional was able to conclude the year with a good performance yield, especially owing to the implementation of effi cient cost control strategies and prudent in-vestment in its subsidiaries.
Worthy of note in the aeronautical services area is the consolidation of the Galileo project offi -ce and full operation of the in-fl ight verifi cation unit that has satisfactorily rendered the services of verifying the radio-aids of the Aena network throughout the year.
«The airports of Grupo
Aeroportuario del Pacífico
have certificates for
accessibility, environmental
compliance and quality,»
Lastly, the renewal of the ISO 9001-2008 cer-tifi cation for the activities we conduct is an endorsement of our efforts for continual impro-vement and, for our customers, it is a guarantee of our commitment to quality.
AIRPORT SERVICES
Mexico
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífi co
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífi co (GAP) comprises 12 airports located in the Pacifi c region of Mexico, notably those serving major cities such as Guada-lajara and Tijuana and those situated in four of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations: Puer-to Vallarta, Los Cabos, La Paz and Manzanillo, The other six airports serve cities such as Hermosillo, Bajio, Morelia, Aguascalientes, Mexicali and Los Mochis.
The airports are located in 9 of Mexico’s 32 states, Five of them largely cater to the capitals of these states, covering a territory extending over 566,000
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square kilometres, with a population of approximately 26 million inhabitants, All the airports are designated as international and six of them are among Mexico’s top ten.
The GAP airports have ISO 9001:2000 accessibility, envi-ronmental compliance and quality certifi cates.
Aena Internacional’s 17,3% share of capital, and te-chnical assistance contract, as an operating partner, is carried out through the company Aeropuertos Mexi-canos del Pacífi co (AMP), which in turn is GAP’s stra-tegic partner.
GAP is listed on the Mexican and New York stock ex-changes and it is the largest private airport group in America.
Airport Activity
The group’s activity in 2009 involved a total of 19,2 million passengers, which represents a 13,3% decline with respect to 2008.
This slowdown in airport activity in 2009 was prima-rily a consequence of the diffi cult worldwide economic scenario, which had especially signifi cant ramifi cations within the industry in Mexico and the United States (its main market abroad), the reorganization of the low-cost market and the defi nitive closure of several airlines.
«The Mexican authorities’
approval of the Master
Plan 2010-2014 provides
a stable framework for
management,»
Operational activity decreased by 12,92%, in line with
the drop in traffi c, totalling 405,007 operations.
As regards air cargo, which reached a total fi gure of 126,278 tons, the recession of the economy of the United States was also felt since it is Mexico’s principal market.
The main actions were related to the execution of the corresponding master plans for development, and additional investment plans, making for an investment of more than 420 million Mexican pesos in projects in-cluding the construction of private aviation terminals in Guadalajara and San Jose del Cabo.
It is also important to highlight the accomplishment of attaining the approval of the Mexican authorities of the 2010-2024 Master Plan (drawn up by Aena for the 12 airports of the group) and the associated in-vestments and fee regulation, which secures a stable framework for management over the next fi ve years.
Colombia
Cartagena de Indias Airport
Aena Internacional is operating partner and sharehol-der with a 38% stake in the company that manages Cartagena de Indias Airport, Sociedad Aeroportuaria de la Costa (Sacsa).
«The In-fl ight Verifi cation
Unit performed 151
calibrations in 2009,»
The management undertaken during 2009 has led to a 7,3% growth in international passenger traffi c, compa-red to 2008, as a result of the implementation of a wise marketing policy in seeking new routes and new opera-tors; and a 19,42% growth in domestic traffi c, basically brought about by the appearance of low-cost airlines.
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Barranquilla Airport
Aena Internacional is operating partner and sharehol-der with a 40% stake in the management company Aeropuerto de Barranquilla, Aeropuertos del Caribe S,A, (Acsa).
Passenger traffi c in 2009 grew by 8,34% boosted by the 14,8% increase in domestic traffi c following the introduction of low-cost airlines.
The increase in domestic traffi c attenuated the decrea-se in international traffi c resulting from the worldwide fi nancial crisis, Nonetheless, as of the second quarter of 2009 signs of recovery could be observed in the esta-blishment of new international routes.
Cali Airport
The management of Cali Airport is carried out through the company Aerocali, S,A,, in which Aena Internacio-nal has a 33% holding.
The year 2009 ended with signifi cant increases in tra-ffi c, both that of domestic passengers, with a 12,7% increase, and that of international passengers, which rose by 3,36%.
The efforts made to improve business income, in addi-tion to the sensible measures taken to curb costs, no-tably improved the year’s results.
TBI
Through its 10% holding in Airport Concessions & De-velopment Limited (ACDL), Aena Internacional owns TBI plc,, a British company that, through ownership or concession, operates the airports of Luton, Belfast and Cardiff in the United Kingdom; Orlando Sanford in the U,S,A,; La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba in Bolivia, and Skavsta in Sweden, TBI also has different opera-ting and management contracts at airports in the Uni-ted States (Atlanta, Burbank and Macon).
The impact of the worldwide fi nancial crisis has resul-ted in a 7,7% decrease in passenger traffi c, mainly caused by the sharp decline in passengers at the air-ports of the United Kingdom, However, the strategy of curbing costs and investments has served to mitigate the impact in the year-end result.
Cuba
In 2009 Aena Internacional signed a new contract wi-th Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aero-náuticos for “consulting and training for the operation of Ecasa airports”.
With this new contract the business relations with Eca-sa (the Cuban airports administrator and operator) are continued and expanded.
AERONAUTICAL SERVICES
In-fl ight verifi cation unit
This year the activity conducted by Aena Internacional’s In-fl ight Verifi cation Unit (UVV) was fi rmly established.
The UVV reached its maximum performance, carrying out periodic, special and entry into service verifi cations of all types of radio-aids and manoeuvres including those affecting high density TMA, such as Madrid and Barcelona.
All told, there were 622 hours of fl ight, during which 151 calibrations were performed.
Galileo
In 2008 Aena Internacional was designated by its pa-rent company Aena to create the Galileo Unit in char-ge of developing the future Galileo Control Centre and the future “Safety of Life Centre” in Spain.
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During the year 2009 the Galileo Unit was establis-hed and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport continued to be supported in its aim to achieve the foundation in Spain of the two fundamental
Gali-leo facilities, the third GaliGali-leo Control Centre and the “Safety of Life Centre”, which allow maximizing Spain’s presence in the Galileo project in the long term,
COMPANY STAKES HELD BY AENA INTERNATIONAL
ACDL Other ECASA 33,33% 17,3% 40% 37,89% 33,34% 10% 16,67% 100% Guadalajara Tijuana Puerto Vallarta San José del Cabo Hermosillo Bajío Morelia La Paz Mexicali Aguas Calientes Manzanillo Los Mochis Stockholm-Skavsta London-Luton Cardiff Belfast Cayo Coco Orlando-Sanford Raleigh-Durham Macon Atlanta Burbank La Paz Cochabamba Santa Cruz
Barranquilla Cartagena de Indias Cali
