BarcelonaIt has not been the call for ten years and will not be repeated again until another decade. The Aena Airport Manager on Tuesday presented the new restoration macroconents at El Prat Airport, through which 98% of the infrastructure gastronomic offer will be chosen for the next 8 to 12 years. This tender includes a total of 49 units organized in 29 lots, which is equivalent to a total area of these premises of 20,188 square meters, 30% more than in the previous edition.
Hundreds of representatives of companies in the sector attended the Muerde Barcelona event, with which AENA presented this macroconcerts. The company has advanced that it wants to bet on “consolidated concepts in airports” such as burgers, spaces dedicated to ham, food marketscoffee shops, carried food establishments and healthy proposals. At the same time, Aena claims that he will continue to open his space to “new trends” such as a vermouth, a Japanese restaurant, gluten -free options and a 225 -square -meter premium restaurant led by a Michelin -star chef.
As a novelty, the airport manager will incorporate open concept premises, that is, in which there is no type of restaurant pre -established by AENA, “to give more flexibility to operators”. In the rest, the specifications specify the gastronomic offer to serve the companies that are presented. In addition, it will also bid three spaces of 40 square meters located at high -profit strategic points. In this regard, the area allocated to the terraces, especially in the north of the airport, has been expanded, which will be offered entirely with a contract for the next twelve years as a space with restaurants and entertainment that can also include stores, events and leisure.
Hamburgers from Alta Gastronomia
Currently among the restaurants at El Prat airport are United States fast food chains such as Burger King, McDonald’s or Starbucks, and some local establishments such as Boldú Forns or Mussol Restaurant. In terms of haute cuisine, the T1 has the Alas of the Torres brothers and Montesquiu Dry Martini, where the cocktails of the legendary local of the businessman Javier de las Muelas are also served.
The commercial and real estate general director of AENA, María José Cucenda, explained during the presentation event that Barcelona is one of the most important commercial competitions of the contributed, as 3.4 billion euros in sales are generated. The airport manager is opaque with the profits that each of its airports generate and it has not been breaking through what is won by El Prat for years. The directive emphasized that the airport of the Catalan capital is the fifth in Europe in volume of passengers, with 55 million passengers transported last year, and “deserves a high quality offer that reflects the image and experience of AENA”. Only by 2024, Prat Airport users consumed 3.4 million burgers, 4.2 million coffees and 5.3 million bottles of water.
