Nobody wants the €464 million job: Tenerife Sur airport left without a builder
Passengers moving through Tenerife Sur still cross between three terminal buildings built decades apart and patched together rather than designed […]
Tenerife Sur airport, Spain's seventh busiest with 14 million passengers in 2025, is left without a builder for a €464 million renovation project. Aena, the airport's managing authority, promised to finally unify three terminal buildings from different decades with a single contract, but no construction company submitted a bid. Rising material costs and a shortage of skilled labor have driven construction firms to reject over 1,130 public tenders in Spain this year, totaling €707 million.
Aena's contracting system, which favors the lowest bidder, has been criticized for making margins too thin. The renovation project includes 125 new check-in desks, a centralised passport control area, a new baggage system, a link to a planned South train station, and a three-level car park with 2,062 spaces. Construction is expected to take place over a decade, with no interruption to airport traffic.
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