ENAIRE reduces delays by 29 per cent and improves its safety and environmental sustainability indicators in the busiest June for air traffic on record
The sustained growth of air traffic in Spain—year after year since the post-COVID recovery—has now pushed the record for flights managed by ENAIRE in a single day to over 8,000 aircraft. In fact, the state-owned air navigation manager shattered its previous records on Saturday, 5 July, with a total of 8,103 flights. This figure surpassed the previous record set just a week earlier, on 28 June, when the national manager handled 7,932 flights, and it is likely that this record will continue to be broken throughout the summer season.
These successive records, set just as the summer season begins, highlight the unprecedented growth of air traffic in Spain. In fact, Spain’s recovery in air traffic, compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2019, exceeded the European average by 16.1 percentage points in the first half of the year. Compared to specific countries in 2019, this difference in the first half of 2025 rises to 22.5 percentage points over Germany; 16.8 points over the United Kingdom; and 10 points over France. These differences are significantly higher than those recorded in 2024.
These traffic records have prompted the implementation of a series of technical and operational measures, including airspace restructuring, improvements in safety and resilience, and the strengthening of air traffic controller staffing, all with a firm commitment to enhancing environmental sustainability.
