Programme management and modernisation of infrastructure
2024 saw an acceleration of the investment programmes put in place by VINCI Airports as part of its concession contracts. In line with its commitments, works to modernise its airports, increase their capacity and improve service quality are systematically carried out alongside solutions to reduce their environmental footprint.
- In Serbia, VINCI Airports completed the ambitious programme to transform Nikola Tesla airport, for which it has held the concession since 2018. The upgrades primarily involved extending the terminal over 40,000 sq. metres, adding 12 boarding gates, building a second runway and redesigning the retail spaces, which now span 9,000 sq. metres. The new terminal was inaugurated by the Serbian and French presidents Aleksandar Vučić and Emmanuel Macron on 30 August 2024. The new facilities support the sharp growth in traffic, which rose from 6.2 million passengers in 2019 to 8.4 million in 2024, with 86 direct routes opened over the same period taking the total to 116 and 46 additional destinations accessible from Belgrade.
- In Portugal, the biggest investment programme since VINCI Airports took over ANA in 2013 was signed at the end of 2024 to modernise Humberto Delgado international airport in Lisbon. ANA will invest €233 million in renovation and extension of terminal 1, involving a suite of works (construction of a new, 33,000 sq. metre south pier, redesign of the boarding area and addition of 10 boarding bridges) that will improve the airport’s operational performance and passenger comfort. The works, scheduled to be completed in 2027, will be carried out by VINCI Construction with local partners. In 2024, investment in the airports managed by ANA amounted to €120 million.
- In South America, VINCI Airports finalised the modernisation of the seven Brazilian airports managed under concession since 2022 in the north of the country (Manaus, Tefé, Tabatinga, Porto Velho, Boa Vista, Rio Branco and Cruzeiro do Sul). The works, representing a total investment of 1.4 billion Brazilian reais or €224 million, will improve the safety, accessibility, comfort and efficiency of these airports, and support local economic development by strengthening air connections with other regions of Brazil and the rest of the world. In Chile, as part of a huge renovation and extension programme that has lasted several years at the international airport in Santiago, a new 17,000 sq. metre building (T1-A), equipped with eight new boarding gates, was brought into service in September in the renovated domestic terminal, which can now welcome up to 20 million passengers travelling every year between Santiago and 17 destinations in the country.
