Spanish government authorises the tender for ENAIRE’s new Air Traffic Control Centre in the Balearic Islands, at a cost of €81.4 million
Spain’s Council of Ministers has authorised the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to tender, through ENAIRE, for the relocation of ENAIRE’s Balearic Regional Air Navigation Directorate headquarters and the construction of the Balearic Air Traffic Control Centre on land at Son Bonet Aerodrome, in the municipality of Marratxí. ENAIRE will run an open tender for the construction contract, worth €81.4 million (excluding VAT), with a 32-month construction period.
The new Balearic Regional Directorate headquarters will house the Air Traffic Control Centre, currently at Palma de Mallorca Airport. This frees up the current site at Palma de Mallorca Airport for Aena’s airport upgrade work.
The relocation project will allow ENAIRE to expand and modernise its Balearic Control Centre, equipping it with state-of-the-art air navigation technology and a new contingency facility physically separate from the current site. This will increase the resilience of services for all flights to and from the Balearics, strengthening system redundancy and security. The new site will allow ENAIRE to deliver the technological upgrades in its 2026–2030 Strategic Plan more efficiently.
