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The modernization of the airport will not only mean a change in the management and control of Aena, but also will be a new model of airport charges paid by airlines, the usufruct of the infrastructure at airports more state investment.

Travelling from the airports of Madrid

The drafting of the bill that each airport collects various charges apply depending on airline passengers to house, so as to determine up to five categories of airports, which may apply different prices to flight companies.

Therefore, the Barajas airport and El Prat Airport, in Madrid and Barcelona respectively, higher prices applied and followed in second and later by the aerodrome categories annually hosting more than six million passengers, between two and six million travelers, those over 500,000 travelers a year and finally the rest of the centers.

The Government intends to so with this bill, which airlines and passengers pay the costs of travel facilities and depending on the investment made by the State in various Spanish airports.

This October has been chosen by RENFE to start implementing its new system of tariffs in the AVE, which aims to optimize the profitability per seat and seek the maximum occupancy. This will be used, is used as-a relaxation of these tariffs, eliminating conventional discounts which had so far (Web fares, Star …) to establish a method similar to the airlines.

The new tariff system in the AVENow observe the criteria for establishing the cost of a trip will be the date, time and passengers, meaning in them, quality and quantity, ie number of them that make the route and class of travel (tourist or Business). Special software will combine these factors into a database to determine the cost of the span.

Prices will vary, therefore, from one day to another even within the same line, depending on demand, as is happening with the airlines. And a traveler can find no discount tickets if your idea is to travel a certain day at a specific time, but also with rebates of up to 70% if you choose another day and time slot.

This October is the month chosen to start the new system but not generally. We begin by the AVE Madrid-Barcelona, ??where you can already find seats from 35.30 euros each way, and from there it will spread to other lines during 2012.