Airport services provider Aena SA reported profit attributable to equity holders of €1.23 billion, or €8.21 per share, up from €1.16 billion, or €7.76 per share, in 2016.
Operating profit rose to €1.72 billion in 2017 from €1.47 billion in the previous year.
Aena's total income rose 6.8% year over year to €4.03 billion from €3.77 billion because of positive business performance in all lines. Passenger traffic increased 8.3% to 265.0 million in the year. Traffic at Aena's Spanish network's airports rose 8.2% to an all-time high of 249.2 million passengers in 2017, driven by growth in tourism. Traffic in airports outside Spain rose 8.4% to 66.5 million passengers.
Aena's total passenger traffic increased by 8.4% in January 2018 to 16.5 million passengers.
