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Issue 13
Seve Ballesteros - Santander Airport
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News on Spanish Passengers, Markets Paris and Tokyo April - May - June Airports
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Total consolidated net profit increased up to
1,164.1 m€ (+39.7% increase over 2015).
Regarding traffic results Aena’s airports
reached 230.2 million passengers in 2016
(+11%increase over 2015).
A.S. Madrid-Barajas airport reached 50.4 milion
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passengers (+7.7%) and Barcelona-El Prat 44.1
milion passengers (+11.2%).
Other airports with signficant traffic increases
have been: Palma de Mallorca with 26.2 million
passengers (+10.6%), Malaga-Costa del Sol
with 16.6 million (+15.7%), Alicante-Elche with
12.3 million (+16.7%) and Gran Canaria with 12
million (13.8%).
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AS Madrid-Barajas Sofia Ryanair Lanzarote Berlin Ryanair
Gran Canaria Bristol easyJet Lanzarote Belfast Ryanair
Malaga-Costal del Sol Belfast Ryanair Lanzarote Tenerife North Canary Fly
Lanzarote Valencia Ryanair
October 2016 Malaga - Costa del Sol
Malaga - Costa del Sol
Birmingham
Glasgow
Vueling
Ryanair
Murcia Antwerp Jetairfly
From To Airline Tenerife North Rome Fiumicino Alitalia
Alicante-Elche Glasgow Ryanair Tenerife South Gothenburg Primera Air
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Alicante-Elche London Gatwick Ryanair Tenerife South Oslo Ryanair
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AS Madrid - Barajas Rome Fiumicino Ryanair Tenerife South Malmo Tuifly Nordic
AS Madrid - Barajas Tokyo Narita Iberia Tenerife South Gothenburg SAS
AS Madrid - Barajas Brussels Ryanair Tenerife South Katowice Wizz Air
Barcelona - El Prat Tel Aviv Norwegian Tenerife South Belfast Ryanair
Fuerteventura Nuremberg Germania Valencia Warsaw Ryanair
Fuerteventura Budapest Wizz Air
Fuerteventura Munich Transavia Holland
Gran Canaria Ostersund Evelop Airlines
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Gran Canaria Gothenburg Primera Air
Gran Canaria Munich Transavia Holland
Gran Canaria Leeds Ryanair From To Airline
Gran Canaria Milano Malpensa Ryanair Alicante-Elche Tenerife North Vueling
Gran Canaria Vienna Eurowings Alicante-Elche Poznan Ryanair
Gran Canaria Nuremberg Germania AS Madrid - Barajas Reykjavik Norwegian
Gran Canaria Manchester Norwegian AS Madrid - Barajas Marrakech Norwegian
Gran Canaria Berlin Ryanair AS Madrid - Barajas Wroclaw Ryanair
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Gran Canaria Glasgow Ryanair AS Madrid - Barajas Toulouse Ryanair
La Palma London Gatwick easyJet Barcelona- El Prat Reykjavik Norwegian
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La Palma Zurich Air Berlin Fuerteventura Vienna Eurowings
La Palma Stockholm Primera Air Fuerteventura Dusseldorf Eurowings
La Palma Gothenburg Primera Air Fuerteventura Geneva easyJet
Lanzarote Nuremberg Germania Fuerteventura Zurich Germania Switzerland
Lanzarote Gothenburg SAS Fuerteventura Marseille TUIfly Belgium
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Fuerteventura Gothenburg Scandinavian Airlines Tenerife South Munich Transavia
Fuerteventura Gothenburg Primera Air Tenerife South Hamburg Eurowings
Fuerteventura Stockholm Primera Air Tenerife South Manchester Norwegian
Gran Canaria Hamburg Ryanair Tenerife South Bucharest Wizz Air
Gran Canaria Newcastle easyJet Tenerife South Dusseldorf Eurowings
Gran Canaria Rome Fiumicino Norwegian Tenerife South Nuremberg Germania
Gran Canaria Manchester easyJet Tenerife South Nantes TUIfly Belgium
Gran Canaria Oslo Ryanair Tenerife South Linz Niki
Gran Canaria Zurich Germania Switzerland Tenerife South Milan Bergamo Albastar
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Gran Canaria Nantes Vueling Tenerife South Paderborn Small Planet
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Gran Canaria London Southend easyJet Tenerife South Humberside Thomson Airways
Gran Canaria Milan Bergamo Albastar Valencia Valetta Ryanair
Gran Canaria Reykjavik Primera Air Valencia Craiova Ryanair
La Palma Berlin easyJet
La Palma
La Palma
Zurich
Billund
Germania Switzerland
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La Palma Copenhague Primera Air
La Palma Hamburg Germania From To Airline
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Lanzarote Glasgow Ryanair AS Madrid - Barajas Delhi Air India
Lanzarote Dusseldorf Eurowings AS Madrid - Barajas Verona Ryanair
Lanzarote Budapest Wizz Air AS Madrid - Barajas Guayaquil Air Europa
Lanzarote Newcastle Ryanair AS Madrid - Barajas Chengdu Beijing Capital Airlines
Lanzarote Rome Fiumicino Ryanair AS Madrid - Barajas Cordoba Pajas Blancas Air Europa
Lanzarote Katowice Wizz Air Barcelona-El Prat Islamabad Pakistan Airlines
Lanzarote Nantes TUIfly Belgium Barcelona-El Prat Lahore Pakistan Airlines
Lanzarote Rostock-Laage Germania Barcelona-El Prat Lima LAN Peru
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Lanzarote Marseille TUIfly Belgium Fuerteventura Bordeaux Volotea
Malaga-Costa del Sol Vienna Eurowings Malaga-Costa del Sol Tangier Air Arabia Maroc
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Malaga-Costa del Sol Birmingham Vueling SB - Santander Seville Volotea
Malaga-Costa del Sol Rome Fiumicino Norwegian
Seville Berlin Ryanair
Tenerife South Rome Fiumicino Norwegian
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Traffic by Airport
FY 2016 FY 2016
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Change Change. %
Airport Passengers Change Change. %
FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 Airport Passengers
FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 FY ‘16 - FY ‘15
01 A.S. Madrid-Barajas 50,.420,583 3,595,745 7.7% 26 SB Santander 778,318 -97,602 -11.1%
02 Barcelona-El Prat 44,154,693 4,443,456 11.2% 27 FGL Granada-Jaen 753,142 45,872 6.5%
03 Palma De Majorca 26,253,882 2,508,859 10.6% 28 Zaragoza 419,529 -4,344 -1.0%
04 Malaga-Costa Del Sol 16,672,776 2,268,570 15.7% 29 Melilla 330,116 12,310 3.9%
05 Alicante-Elche 12,344,945 1,769,657 16.7% 30 San Sebastian 264,422 9,345 3.7%
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06 Gran Canaria 12,093,645 1,466,427 13.8% 31 Valladolid 231,868 13,452 6.2%
07 Tenerife South 10,472,404 1,354,890 14.9% 32 El Hierro 156,439 9,650 6.6%
08 Ibiza 7,416,368 939,085 14.5% 33 Pamplona 153,476 4,915 3.3%
09 Lanzarote 6,683,966 554,995 9.1% 34 La Gomera 38,042 3,088 8.8%
10 Valencia 5,799,104 743,977 14.7% 35 Vitoria 36,716 25,534 228.3%
11 Fuerteventura 5,676,817 649,402 12.9% 36 Leon 36,554 -2,153 -5.6%
12 Seville 4,624,038 315,193 7.3% 37 Badajoz 32,963 10,593 47.4%
13 Bilbao 4,588,265 310,540 7.3% 38 Logroño 17,374 2,393 16.0%
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14 Tenerife North 4,219,191 403,875 10.6% 39 Salamanca 15,526 -7,526 -32.6%
15 Minorca 3,178,612 311,091 10.8% 40 Cordoba 7,397 40 0.5%
16 Santiago 2,510,740 214,331 9.3% 41 Burgos 4,682 -4,398 -48.4%
17 Girona 1,664,763 -110,563 -6.2% 42 Sabadell 4,414 433 10.9%
18 Asturias 1,281,979 162,706 14.5% 43 Son Bonet 2,278 -1,260 -35.6%
19 La Palma 1,116,146 144,470 14.9% 44 Madrid-Cuatro Vientos 2,041 -813 -28.5%
20 Murcia-San Javier 1,096,980 29,312 2.7% 45 Ceuta/Helipuerto 1,654 558 50.9%
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21 A Coruña 1,063,291 37,603 3.7% 46 Albacete 1,277 -76 -5.6%
22 Vigo 954,006 240,439 33.7% 47 Algeciras/Helipuerto 136 121 -
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23 Almeria 919,808 228,568 33.1% 48 Huesca-Pirineos 95 -147 -60.7%
24 Jerez De La Frontera 916,451 93,291 11.3% Total 230,229,523 22,808,477 11.0%
25 Reus 817,611 112,573 16.0%
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FY 2015 FY 2016
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Change Change. % Number of
Passengers Passengers Market Share
FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 airports operated
01 Ryanair 35,159,572 39,855,897 17.3% 4,696,325 13.4% 24
02 Vueling 29,574,360 32,236,952 14.0% 2,662,592 9.0% 28
03 Iberia Group 29,029,737 31,772,470 13.8% 2,742,733 9.4% 32
04 Air Europa 15,586,523 16,184,934 7.0% 598,411 3.8% 26
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05 easyJet 12,870,732 13,861,372 6.0% 990,640 7.7% 19
06 TUI Group 9,049,809 10,795,041 4.7% 1,745,232 19.3% 16
07 Lufthansa Group 8,452,895 9,148,825 4,0% 695,930 8.2% 17
08 Air Berlin Group 9,740,272 8,476,907 3.7% -1,263,365 -13.0% 15
09 Norwegian 5,330,759 7,750,426 3.4% 2,419,667 45.4% 17
10 Thomas Cook Group 6,726,309 7,568,061 3.3% 841,752 12.5% 15
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11 Binter+ Naysa 5,252,489 5,324,846 2.3% 72,357 1.4% 8
12 Jet2.com 3,354,098 3,983,031 1.7% 628,933 18.8% 13
13 Monarch Airlines 3,153,622 3,363,586 1.5% 209,964 6.7% 12
14 Transavia 2,833,342 3,336,254 1.4% 502,912 17.7% 15
15 British Airways 2,290,817 2,465,973 1.1% 175,156 7.6% 14
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29,015,710 34,104,948 14.8% 5,089,238 17.5%
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207,421,046 230,229,523 100% 22,808,477 11.0%
Iberia Group: Iberia, Iberia Express and Air Nostrum Lufthansa Group: Lufhtansa, Eurowings, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss and Austrian Airlines
Air Berlin Group: Air Berlin and Niki Thomas Cook Group: Condor, Thomas Cook UK, Thomas Cook Scandinavian and Thomas Cook Belgium
TUI Group: Thomson Airways, TUIfly, Jetairfly, TUIfly Nordic, Arkefly and Corsair Source: Aena
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Market Ranking I
FY 2015 FY 2016
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Country
Change Change, %
Passengers Passengers Market Share
FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 FY ‘16 - FY ‘15
01 Spain 62,501,684 67,976,343 29.5% 5,474,659 8.8%
02 United Kingdom 36,030,037 41,700,473 18.1% 5,670,436 15.7%
03 Germany 25,195,312 27,728,750 12.0% 2,533,438 10.1%
04 Italy 11,871,529 13,032,089 5.7% 1,160,560 9.8%
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05 France 11,088,353 11,802,321 5.1% 713,968 6.4%
06 Netherlands 6,351,054 7,588,040 3.3% 1,236,986 19.5%
07 Switzerland 5,508,689 6,127,255 2.7% 618,566 11.2%
08 Belgium 5,477,091 5,672,226 2.5% 195,135 3.6%
09 Ireland 3,442,969 3,947,665 1.7% 504,696 14.7%
10 Portugal 3,231,641 3,612,145 1.6% 380,504 11.8%
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Top 10 Countries
170,698,359 189,187,307 82.2% 18,488,948 10.8%
Other Countries
36,722,687 41,042,216 17.8% 4,319,529 11.8%
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Market Ranking II
FY 2015 FY 2016
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Region
Change Change. %
Passengers Passengers Market Share
FY ‘16 - FY ‘15 FY ‘16 - FY ‘15
01 Spain 62,501,684 67,976,343 29.5% 5,474,659 8.8%
02 Europe 129,081,540 144,902,902 62.9% 15,821,362 12.3%
03 Latinamerica 7,045,843 7,629,521 3.3% 583,678 8.3%
04 Northamerica 3,290,274 3,621,144 1.6% 330,870 10.1%
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05 Africa 2,717,026 2,862,839 1.2% 145,813 5.4%
06 Middle East 2,415,951 2,735,733 1.2% 319,782 13.2%
07 Asia and others 368,728 501,041 0.2% 132,313 35.9%
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207,421,046 230,229,523 100% 22,808,477 11.0%
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Paris and Tokyo
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Short Haul Route: Paris
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Paris is the capital and most populous city
of France, located in northern central France.
It has a population of 2,270,000 within its
administrative limits and 12,200.000 in the
region.
Paris was founded in the 3rd century BC by
a Celtic people called the Parisii, who gave
the city its name. By the 12th century, it was
the largest city in the western world and a
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prosperous trading centre. By the 17th century
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Paris was also one of Europe’s major centres of
finance, commerce, fashion, science and arts.
Position that it still holds.
With an incomparable heritage of historic
sites, iconic monuments and attractions, Paris
is a dream destination for visitors in search
of places to discover. Among Paris’ important
museums and cultural institutions are the
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Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée
National d’Art Moderne in the Pompidou
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Centre. The central area of the city along the
Seine River is classified as a UNESCO Heritage
Potential Routes Even though there is a good connectivity with
Site, and includes many notable monuments,
Spain is connected to Paris from 22 airports Spain, there are stll some routes with potential.
including Notre Dame Cathedral (12th century
to 13th century, the Sainte-Chapelle (13th (Barcelona-El Prat, A.S. Madrid-Barajas, Malaga- One of this potential routes would be
century); the Eiffel Tower (1889), the Grand Costa del Sol, Valencia, Seville, Palma de Santander-Paris (according to Aena’s statistics
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Palais and Petit Palais (1900); and the Basilica Majorca, Alicante-Elche, Bilbao, Ibiza, Tenerife this route reached more than 40,000 pax in
of Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre (1914). South, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, 2011 and had more than 65,000 Skyscanner
Girona, Menorca, Santiago, Zaragoza, Asturias,
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searches in 2016).
The city is served by three commercial La Palma, Santander, Tenerife North, and
international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Valladolid). Aena’s marketing team will be glad to make a
Paris-Orly and Beauvais-Tillé. There is also tailor made business case for you, so do not
one general aviation airport, Paris-Le Bourget, In 2016 there were 8,2 m passengers who hesitate to contact us.
which is used only for private business flights. travelled from Spain to Paris.Paris and Tokyo
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Tokyo is a cosmopolitan city, center of the
culture, politics and economy of Japan. The
city receives each year large numbers of
visitors from all over the world in search of the
enchanting beauty of the most visited areas
like Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, Roppongi
and Odaiba, as well as the electronic district,
Akihabara, where you can buy high-tech
gadgets.
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The night view of Tokyo from the high
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skyscrapers is also one of the characteristics
images of Tokyo, especially the commercial
areas with their neon lights.
Appart from that, Japan is also well known by
the seasonal spectacle of the cherry blossom
which is part of Japan’s most deep-rooted
cultural and philosophical beliefs. Tea Ceremony. Picture Source: Moyan Brenn, flicker
But there is much more to do in Tokyo: hiking,
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fishing, surfing, swimming with the dolphins Spain is connected to Tokyo from AS Madrid- The new route would benefit from the growth
and watching the whales are some of the Barajas Airport. on long-haul routes incentive valid for 2017,
activities that you can enjoy all year round. with a 75% discount in the passenger charge
Nevertheless, in 2016 there were almost
When travelling to Tokyo, you cannont miss in the season “n”. An additional 25% discount
494,000 indirect passengers who travelled
the tea ceremony in one of the tea houses applies if the airline at least maintains the
from Spain to Japan (342,600 to Tokyo)
surrounded by Japanese gardens. The tea same number of passengers as in the season
ceremony is an art itself that takes time Even though the route is served from AS “n”.
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to learn and aims at expressing the ideals Madrid-Barajas, there is still some routes with
Additionally, the airport charges decrease an
of harmony, purity, respect, tranquility and potential. The main destinations to consider as
11% in the period 2017-2021 (2.2% annually)
possible new routes according to the indirect
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traffic and Skyscanner searches figures Check this information in the Price Guide 2017
In essence, a city with the right mixture of in 2016 are: Barcelona-El Prat (178,200 by clicking here.
past, present, tradition and modernity which is indirect passengers and 1,082,000 serarches)
worth visiting once in a lifetime. and Málaga-Costa del Sol (11,200 indirect
passengers and 93,400 searches).Public Holidays in Spain
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13 Easter (except in Catalonia) 1 Labor Day 9 Day of La Rioja and Murcia Community
14 Good Friday 2 Day of Madrid Community 15 Corpus Christi in Castilla-La Mancha
17 Easter Monday in: Balearic Islands, Catalonia, 15 St. Isidro festivity in Madrid 24 Saint John in Catalonia Community
Valencia, Navarra, Basque Country and La Rioja
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17 Galicia Community Literature Day
24 St. George Day in Aragón and Day of Castilla-León
Community 30 Day of the Canary Islands Community
31 Day of Castilla-La Mancha Community
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Cantabria 2017:Liébana Holy Year in Cantabria
This year, Cantabria will be celebrating the jubileo (papal jubilee). Achieving this goal is branch of the James´s North Way, that emerged
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Liébana Holy Year. This is one of the most one of the visitors’ aims but those who arrive with the aim of taking pilgrims to venerate the
important social, cultural and religious at Santo Toribio will also have the opportunity relics of Santo Toribio. Both ways were added
events in the Region, involving an extensive to enjoy the artistic, cultural and natural wealth to the list of World Heritage sites in July 2015.
programme of festivities which will bring of Cantabria.
Since the opening of the Door of Forgiveness
tourists and visitors to the Region.
The Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana is at the Monastery of Santo Toribio, in the
Although traditionally Liébana’s Holy Year one of the only five Christian holy places and district of Liébana, hundreds of thousands of
was inaugurated when the feast day of Santo pilgrimage destinations in the world, with the pilgrims have come to the Region to earn the
Toribio, the 16th April, falls on a Sunday, this privilege of being considered a Land of Jubilee Jubilee Indulgence and enjoy the leisure and
year in order to coincide with Easter, will be Indulgence. The Lignum Crucis, the largest cultural activities organised for the occasion.
inaugurated on 23rd April until 22rd April of known piece of the holy cross on which Jesus Many cultural events have been organised to
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the following year. Christ died, is preserved and worshipped in the celebrate the Holy Year. Concerts such as Jean-
monastery. Michel Jarre, Scorpions and Enrique Iglesias, are
Thousands of followers will present
confirmed. About 1,000 cultural and sporting
themselves before the Puerta del Perdón (Door One of the best ways to arrive in Santo Toribio
activities are waiting for visitors in Cantabria
of Forgiveness), to travel through and obtain is taking the Camino Lebaniego. This way is a
during this year.
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A quick way to fly to European Cities
Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport is located five kilometres outside the city in the town of Maliaño. It constitutes one important business and tourist
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centre, encouraging economic growth in the area. In 2016 the airport handled 778,318 passengers and 9,822 flight operations.
General Airport Facts Passenger Profile
Summer: 05:30-21:00
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54% 46%
Winter: 06:30-22:00
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Runway 11/29 (2,320 x 45 m.)
Arrivals: 8
Nationality Residence
Runway capacity
32%
Departures: 8
Total: 12 Cantabria Region
Terminal Capacity Arrivals: 600
79% 21%
Departures: 425
45% 23%
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Pax/h Spanish Foreign
Rest of Spain Foreign
Total: 12
Types: Age Reason of the Journey
Commercial 8 B-737-800
Aviation Parking 100% 100%
3 B-737-100
stands 80% 80%
1 F-50
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20% 20%
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A city with hundreds of possibilities
Santander, the capital of Cantabria Region, is
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one of the most elegant and beautiful cities on
the North of Spain,. It is located on a beautiful
South-facing bay, which belongs to the Club of
the World’s Most Beautiful Bays.
Tourism in Santander began in the mid-
nineteenth century with the first “wave baths”
on the Sardinero beaches and culminated with
the summer visits of the King of Spain from
1913 to 1930, becoming the summer court
during this period. It was the heyday of the
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city and the period its most representative
buildings date from: the Palacio Real de La
Magdalena, the Hotel Real and the Gran Casino,
buildings, which radiate splendour even today.
Few cities can boast including within their
urban area a dozen beaches with such diverse
characteristics and, at the same time, so
attractive: family, sheltered, distinguished and
sporting beaches.
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Its elegant promenades and avenues (Pereda,
Santander Bay
Castelar or Reina Victoria) offer visitors the
charm of a city that has managed to combine
tradition and modernity, where nature plays Source: Government of Cantabria
the lead role in any space. The city has a rich
and varied cultural and artistic heritage to The center of the city culture has created a ring All these qualities, along with many others
enjoy. Two events have marked the cultural around a network of museums that weaves the (unique scenery and large number of hotels),
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development of Santander in recent decades: space, offering a diverse range, including the have succeeded in making the Cantabrian
the Menéndez Pelayo International University Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of capital one of the favourite destinations in
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and the International Festival of Santander, Santander and Cantabria, the Maritime Museum Spain for organizing all kinds of professional,
events of great significance that have of Cantabria (MMC), the Museum of Prehistory, social or sporting events. Proof of this is the
projected the image of the city outside our the cathedral or the Interpretation Center of upcoming June 2017 World Sailing Cup in the
borders. the Ancient Springs. waters of the bay.Don’t miss Cantabria
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Cantabria, nature in blue and green
Cantabria has more than two hundred Green Cantabria is inland. An area subdivided
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kilometres of coastline that enclose a wide into valleys formed by short, steeply sloping
variety of landscapes. Steep cliffs alternate rivers, which produce very sharp reliefs at their
with small islands, deep estuaries, spacious sources and gentle reliefs in their intermediate
bays and beautiful beaches. Three out of courses. These areas are dominated by the
the six protected natural areas in the region countless shades of green that colour the
are directly linked to the coast: the Oyambre forests and meadows, and rolling hills which
Natural Park, the Liencres Dunes Natural Park alternate with high mountains. The Cantabrian
and the Santoña and the Victoria and Joyel Network of Protected Natural Spaces
Marshes Natural Park. Around them are based incorporates 37 spaces. These include The
lively fishing villages where tourism and Picos the Europa National Park.
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history come together in respectful harmony.
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Cantabria has also one of the most important
In this vast space a wide range of recreational
rock art heritages in the world with ten
activities (fishing, diving, etc.) or sports (sailing,
Cantabrian caves declared World Heritage by
rowing, surfing, windsurfing, kite-surfing, etc.)
UNESCO. Altamira is one of those that had
are offered, which help to diversify and enrich
registered its name in such a prestigious list.
the holiday entertainment. There are about
one hundred beaches of high natural and
scenic value on the coastline of Cantabria. Source: Tourespain and Government of Cantabria
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Cantabria, a real treat for the palate
The privileged location of Cantabria, with deep
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river valleys and mountains, and bathed by the
sea it gives its name to, gives it a natural larder
with the finest raw materials from both the
sea and the land. The richness and diversity
of its products, coupled with traditional
processing methods make Cantabria a special
place to enjoy the most exquisite gastronomic
delicacies. The famous anchovies, the cheeses,
the well known sobao pasiego (traditional
sponge cake), Cantabrian meat, fish, shellfish
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Quality brands complete the roll of honour of
Cantabrian delicacies.
A little known but significant fact is that
Cantabria currently provides the first largest
regional concentration of Michelin stars in
Spain per habitant. The Region has five
restaurants with this esteemed award,
(two of them with two stars) which clearly
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demonstrates the high level of Cantabrian
cuisine.
Nevertheless, the offer is so plural that it can
be adapted to all kinds of pockets.
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JANUARY 2017 JULY 2017 OCTOBER 2017
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New Year’s Concert Semana Grande Shatti Santander International Festival
Strauss Festival Orchestra and Ballet
Música en Grande Popular Race ‘We are ready’
www.musicaengrande.es
Three Wise Men Parade
NOVEMBER 2017
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Festivities Programming Autumn Festival Hall
Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria
Baños de Ola Festivity Santander Festival Boleros
FEBRUARY 2017
Saint James Festivities
Career solidarity Entreculturas International DECEMBER 2017
Analysis
Market
Christmas Festivities
Route pout of Cantabria ARTESANTANDER
San Silvestre (footrace)
MARCH 2017 AUGUST 2017
Santander International Half Marathon Regional Championship of Rowing Boats DURING THE SUMMER
www.mediomaratonsantander.es Summer Courses at the Menéndez Pelayo
Holy Martyrs. ‘La Semanuca’ (The Small Week) International University.
APRIL 2017 www.uimp.es
Santander International Festival
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Holly Week Celebrations
www.festivalsantander.com
Liébana Holy Year. 23rd April until 22rd April
2018 Santander Music
www.santandermusic.es
MAY 2017
Our Lady of the Sea pilmigrage SEPTEMBER 2017
Whit Monday MAF: International Exhibition of Arts Fantásicas
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JUNE 2017 International Sailing Week “Ciudad de
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Saint John big bonfire and a pilgrimage
Festival of Nations 2016
World Sailing Cup. Bay of Santander
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