Aena awarded the extension of the aircraft parking platform of the Zaragoza Airport to Infraestructuras Conelsan, for an amount of 4.8 million euros and a ten-month execution period.

 

According to the managing body of the Spanish airport, 'this action aims to increase the area of ??the airport used to park aircraft in order to accept a greater volume of traffic'.

 

The planned works consist, Aena reported, in expanding the area of ??loading and unloading of goods and other associated services. "All this aims to face the growth that the airport of Saragossa has been witnessing with regard to the volume of goods," Aena said. Currently, the Spanish airport has a platform with around 160,000 square meters - the new surface will expand the existing platform by more than 63 thousand additional square meters, with space for three new parking spaces and category 'F B747-800), the largest model operated at Zaragoza Airport.

 

"This improvement in the parking platform will help to provide excellent service to airlines, at a time when Zaragoza Airport is considered a reference infrastructure for international air cargo," explained the entity responsible for managing the airport. airport. Until August of this year, the Airport of Zaragoza registered close to 103,000 tons, which represents a growth of 22.8% in relation to the same period of 2017.

 

Source, Revista Cargo.