It seemed that the crossfire of accusations that unleashed Ryanair and AENA A couple of weeks ago as a result of the decision of the Irish airline to cut its operations in Spain after claiming too high rates in regional airports.
It seemed, until yesterday, when the response of the Minister of Transportation was leaked, Óscar Puenteto the letter sent by the CEO of the airline, Eddie Wilsonin which he claimed a meeting to know the government’s plans regarding small airports that manage his participated Aena. The Irish manager He came to promise for the summer of 2026 an increase in operations In this type of facilities, smaller, If they reduced the rates They charge the airlines.
But Puente opted to follow the path initiated by its subordinate, the president of AENA, and Do not give your arm to twist or access what Maurici Lucena cataloged “blackmail”. After claiming Ryanair to back down and maintain his current activity in Jerez, Valladolid, Santiago, Vigo, Asturias, Santander and Zaragoza; The minister cataloged “Conminatory and somewhat insolent tone“The letter sent by the airline to his ministry, as published The country.
Wilson, who anticipated a round of meetings with the Spanish autonomies – the majority governed by the Popular Party, in opposition to the central government – claimed to see each other with bridge to know their plans and press -The incentives launched in 2024 seem insufficient- or even request a change in the national airfield management model, after cataloging Aena from a monopoly without incentives to lower the rates.
In his response, Puente reminds Ryanair that “the country’s transport and infrastructure policy is defined exclusively by the Government of Spain and is at the service of general interest, and not of the particular interest of concrete companies“. He continues to point out that” it cannot be subject to pressures or impositions of any airline. “
And reiterates the argument already exposed by Aena, that the requests for the reduction of fees They can violate the state aid frame of the European Union. Puente also reminds the company that public subsidies that “asks regional governments for several continued years” could also be classified as state aid, which would breach the norm.
A new enemy
The bridge anger with Ryanair joins the accusations that he has made since he is in office to other European governments and companies. The most popular was the anger with the railway operator Ouigocontrolled by the state of France, which he accused of pricing dumping against the commercial policies of his rivals, Renfe and Iro.
At the same time, the slowness and continuing delays of the Gallic Government Regarding facilitating Renfe’s entry into his ways, especially to get to Paris; or the expansion of its high -speed rail network to the Spanish borders, in its Basque and Catalan connections. But the most controversial operation was the Veto to the OPA launched by the state of Hungary On the Spanish trains Talgo, a movement that the Buyer Consortium, Ganz-Mavag, intends to raise the EU Court of Justice.
The minister has exercised since his first day in office a strong defense of Spanish public companies, such as Renfe, and the country’s interests in infrastructure, as with Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors. It also maintains a good relationship with its European counterparts and has increased its visits abroad to reinforce links with countries where there are business opportunities for construction companies.
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