1 April 2025
Approved the 2024 draft financial statements and the 2024 Group consolidated financial statements
Flights and non-regulated market contribute to record turnover
Margins with excellent service quality
- En-route and terminal traffic grew YoY by 10.5% and 9.8% respectively, in terms of service units vs. 2023;
- Consolidated revenue of 1.037 billion euro, 3.7% increase vs. 2023;
- Revenues from the non-regulated market at 49.3 million euro, an increase of 14.4% compared to 2023;
- Consolidated EBITDA at 310.9 million euro, 3.6% increase compared to 2023; EBITDA margin at 30%;
- Consolidated Net Profit of 125.7 million euro, up 11.5% vs. 2023;
- Free cash flow at 199.1 million euro, a clear improvement compared to 2023 (60.1 million euro);
- Dividend: the Board of Directors propose to pay a dividend of 0.27 euro per share for 2024, up about 17% compared to 2023.
Rome, 1 April 2025 - The Board of Directors of ENAV S.p.A., meeting on 31 March 2025 under the chair Alessandra Bruni, approved the Integrated Annual Report 2024, which includes the Consolidated Financial Statements, the draft Annual Financial Statements and the Sustainability Consolidated Report.
The year 2024 was characterised by new records for both air traffic volumes and turnover in the unregulated market business. ENAV managed over 2.2 million flights in Italian airspace with excellent operational performance. In fact, 0.066 minutes delay per assisted flight compared to the target of 0.07 minutes delay were recorded.
Compared to 2023, Italy confirms its position as the country with the highest air traffic growth rate among the major European nations, with a 10.5% increase in service units, against a European average growth of 6.4%.
As for the main European countries: France grew by 7.8%, Germany by 5%, the United Kingdom by 2.5%, and Spain by 7.6%.
Chief Executive Officer Pasqualino Monti stated: “2024 was a record-breaking year. The volume of air traffic over Italy, our performance in international markets, and careful financial management led us to achieve the highest results in the history of the Company.
Thanks to these figures, we are once again able to increase the remuneration for our shareholders this year.
We have increased investment in technology and staff training, thereby improving service quality and positioning ENAV among the world’s leading service providers. All of this has, of course, gone hand in hand with our sustainability goals. Thanks to new operational capabilities in route management, in 2024 airlines flying in Italian airspace saved 90 million kilograms of fuel”.
En-route traffic, expressed in service units, grew by 10.5% compared to 2023. We highlight the good performance of both international traffic (flights departing from or arriving at an airport in Italy), which recorded an increase of 14.5%, and overflight traffic (flights crossing Italian airspace without a stopover), which grew by 11.1%. Domestic traffic (flights departing from and arriving at airports in Italy) showed growth of 1.3%.
Terminal traffic, expressed in service unit, increased in 2024 by 9.8% compared to 2023, generalised throughout Italy. Charging zone 1, referring entirely to Rome Fiumicino airport, sees growth, compared to 2023, of 20.8%. Charging zone 2, represented by the airports of Milan Malpensa, Milan Linate, Venice Tessera and Bergamo Orio al Serio, recorded a 7.4% increase in service units in 2024. Finally, Charging zone 3, which includes all other national airports, recorded +6.5% in service units.
ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Total consolidated revenues in 2024, they amount to 1.037 billion euro, up 3.7% compared to 2023 and include the negative balance component[1] of 55.7 million euro.
Revenues from operating activities amounted to 1.05 billion euro, up 6.5% compared to 2023 due to the increased air traffic managed and orders on the foreign market.
Revenues from the non-regulated market amounted to 49.3 million euro, an increase of 14.4% compared to 2023. This result is mainly due to the consultancy activities carried out for the development of the air navigation plan in Saudi Arabia and the project for the supply and installation of a new radar at the Sigonella Air Base to enhance air surveillance in both military and civil sectors, as well as other foreign orders in Kenya, Romania, Fiji Islands and the Dominican Republic.
Total operating costs amounted to 725.8 million euro, up 3.7% compared to 2023. Specifically, there was an increase in personnel costs (+4.2%), other operating expenses (+0.8%) and a slight decrease in capitalised costs for internal work (-1.6%). This increase is mainly due to the increased operational activity, which is a direct consequence of the strong increase in flights. Personnel cost amounted to 592.4 million euro, up 24.1 million euro compared to 2023. This increase was mainly due to the 2% revaluation of minimum contractual salaries, which recorded two increases, in September 2023 and July 2024, the increase in Group headcount to +68 average and +122 actual employees, and the variable part of remuneration influenced by the increased air traffic managed.
These results contributed to a record Gross Operating Margin (EBITDA) of 310.9 million euro, record value never recorded before and up 3.6% compared to 2023. The EBITDA margin in 2024 was 30%.
The consolidated Operating Profit (EBIT) in 2024 stood at 187.2 million euro, an increase of 8.4% compared to 2023. The EBIT margin in 2024 was 18.1%.
Consolidated net profit in 2024 stood at 125.7 million euro, up by 11.5% compared to 2023.
Net financial debt as at 31 December 2024 showed a balance of 258.3 million euro, an improvement of 64 million euro compared to 31 December 2023 due to the positive cash flow generated by collections and payments related to ordinary operations, including investments. Moreover, said figure reflects the provisions of the guidelines on disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation issued by the European Securities & Markets Authority (ESMA) on 4 March 2021, which took effect on 5 May 2021, and were incorporated in CONSOB warning notice no. 5/21 of 29 April 2021, which concerns non-current trade payables for 29.9 million euro.
Consolidated Sustainability Report 2024
For the first time, the Consolidated Sustainability Report has been integrated into the Report on Operations and the broader Integrated Annual Report (pursuant to Legislative Decree 125/2016 of 6 September 2024) of the ENAV Group.
In 2024, the progressive advancement of the planned projects made it possible to achieve all the goals set out in the 2021-2024 Sustainability Plan, further consolidating the ENAV leadership role in the sustainable development of air transport and laying the foundations for the achievement of further goals in the near future.
Achieving these objectives consolidates the role of ENAV in ATM, namely to ensure increasingly efficient and sustainable air traffic management in Italy and to contribute to the progressive reduction of the environmental impact of air transport.
In 2024, through the "Free Route" project, ENAV enabled the reduction of about 297,000 tonnes of CO2e generated by the managed traffic. From 2017 to 2024, the projects implemented by ENAV resulted in a reduction of 1.3 million tonnes of CO2.
Added to this is the use of the Arrival Manager (AMAN) system, which enables the optimisation of the approach sequences of airlines arriving at airports and the consequent reduction of climate-changing emissions generated in the terminal phase. In 2024, the AMAN system reduced emissions by approximately 9,700 tonnes of CO2e.
With regard to the Group's emissions, ENAV managed to further decrease its carbon footprint to -87.4% in scope 1 and 2 emissions compared to 2019, thus achieving carbon neutrality with even less use of carbon credits than in 2023.
These initiatives recently received the appreciation of the ESG rating of CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), which placed ENAV on the prestigious "A List". This confirms the leadership position achieved by the ENAV Group in this area, which has always been at the forefront in supporting the long-term objectives of the aviation sector.
OUTLOOK FOR OPERATIONS
The latest traffic estimate for 2025 and the following years, published by Eurocontrol at the end of February 2025, confirms a growth trend also for the next regulatory period 2025-2029. In particular, traffic in Italy is expected to grow further by 6.1% by 2025.
On the one hand, this increase will continue to have a positive impact on ENAV revenue levels, on the other hand, it will require additional operational and personnel management efforts due to the significant workloads, especially in July and August, when there are traffic peaks in Italy.
DIVIDEND PROPOSAL 2024
The Board of Directors resolved to propose to the Shareholders' Meeting, scheduled for 28 May 2025 as published in the Company's financial calendar, to distribute a dividend for 2025 equal to 146.2 million euro corresponding to 0.27 euro per share. The Board of Directors also proposed to pay the indicated dividend on 25 June 2025 with ex-dividend date 24 June 2025 and record date 23 June 2025.