On 28 September 2026 the Ministries of Finance and of Infrastructure and Housing published a communiqué summarising their response to ANA’s technical report, delivered on 16 July. The tone is courteous — it praises the ‘significant progress’ and ‘high level of detail’ — but the substance is a list of things the Government is not yet satisfied with.
The July 2026 design at a glance
Proposed by ANA in July 2026 — under Government review since 28 September 2026. Not approved.
- 2runways in the initial phaseStatus: Officially proposed
- about 500,000 m²single passenger terminalStatus: Officially proposed
- 64boarding gatesStatus: Officially proposed
- 72contact boarding bridgesStatus: Officially proposed
- 120aircraft stands (VINCI release)Status: Officially proposed
- 56 millionpassengers a year at openingStatus: Officially proposed
- up to 85 millionpassengers a year, long termStatus: Target / forecast
- 7,900–8,900 € millioninvestment estimate, 2024 pricesStatus: Officially proposed
- from 2035opening target, after tests and certificationStatus: Target / forecast
1. How many passengers?
The Government welcomes ANA’s acknowledgement that its initial traffic projections were inadequate. In March it had called them too conservative. It now asks for different demand scenarios to test whether the airport is correctly sized for the whole concession period.
2. Can the largest aircraft use it?
On the airside, the letter asks for further demonstration of the runway and taxiway configuration and its full compatibility with Code F aircraft, together with capacity and operational flexibility.
3. Why only one terminal?
ANA’s technical report provides for a single passenger terminal and no longer includes the Terminal 2 or satellite of its initial report. The Government asks ANA to justify that change and to set out how the airport would grow: the pre-installations it would need, and the criteria for moving from one phase to the next.
4. Faster, if possible
The Government says it wants to keep working with ANA on opportunities to shorten timescales and bring the airport into operation earlier than ‘the calendar currently proposed by the concessionaire’.
5. Not an acceptance
Finally, the communiqué stresses that the response does not constitute formal acceptance of the complete application. The concession procedure does not even require the Government to comment on interim reports; it chose to. The next step is the financial report on 16 January 2027, and the complete application must arrive by 16 January 2028.
What we still need
The communiqué says the letter itself will be published on the IMT website. When we find it, we will add it to the source library and check this summary against it.