The island institution reports that the works, which began in 2022, are affecting the cleanliness, maintenance, and image of Son Sant Joan. The Tourism Councillor, Guillem Ginard, has announced that he will request a meeting with the airport manager.
The Consell de Mallorca has raised its tone against Aena and announced that it will request a meeting with the airport manager and the management of Son Sant Joan to address the current state of Palma airport. The island institution thus joins the criticisms of the Govern, which had already exchanged reproaches with Aena over overcrowding and management responsibilities.
Endless works and lack of maintenance
From the island's Tourism department, led by Guillem Ginard, they report that the level of cleanliness and maintenance in some areas of the airport is "concerning". A situation that adds, they say, "to the growing discontent caused by works that began at the end of 2022 and that, nearly four years later, continue to affect the airport's operation."
The Consell reproaches Aena that these modernisation works are generating "diversions, provisional spaces, limitations, noise and discomfort" for both travellers and residents and tourists. "While the Consell de Mallorca shares the need to modernise such a strategic infrastructure, it is incomprehensible that the works have dragged on for so long without being accompanied by adequate conditions of cleanliness, maintenance, and service quality," lament the island institution.
A meeting to demand solutions
Ginard has announced that "from the Consell de Mallorca we will request a meeting with the responsible parties at Palma Airport and AENA with the aim of understanding the real state of the works, the definitive completion schedule, and the measures planned to reinforce cleanliness, maintenance, and the quality of services offered to passengers." "Mallorca deserves infrastructures that match its international prestige," he emphasised.
The island's Tourism official added that "our goal is not to point fingers, but to defend the interests of Mallorca," as "the airport is a strategic infrastructure for our economy, for our main productive sector, and for residents." Therefore, they demand "that it presents an image of excellence, efficiency, and care, as befits one of Europe's main tourist destinations."
Growing institutional pressure
The Consell thus joins the pressure already exerted by the Govern, after Aena distanced itself from managing tourist overcrowding. Now, the island institution adds more pressure on the airport manager, focusing on the current state of the facilities. Palma airport, under construction since 2022, is the main gateway to the island, and its image concerns local authorities.
The Consell has assured that it will continue to defend the island's interests and demand that the main gateway to Mallorca be up to "what those who live here and those who visit us deserve." At the same time, it has reiterated its willingness to collaborate to ensure that the main airport infrastructure in the Balearics "presents the appropriate image and level of services."
For now, Aena has not responded to the request for a meeting, but the Consell hopes that the meeting will take place in the coming weeks to address a schedule of improvements and put an end to a situation they consider unsustainable.
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