Corvera Update

From 

http://www.tumbit.com/news/articles/9171-murcia-to-operate-both-san-javier-and-corvera-until-2016.html

The Region of Murcia will see two airports in operation between 2014 and 2016.

Minister of Development Manuel Campos told the regional assembly last week how Corvera Airport will be opened before the end of 2014, however San Javier airport can not be closed before the end of 2016.


According to Campos, the smaller and older airport will not be closed sooner as the Spanish Airports Authority - AENA - will be required to operate the facility until such a time in order to justify the EU funding they received for development of the airport - specifically the EU25 Mln runway extension - in 2011.

Meanwhile, the decision by the European Commission to permit the opening of Corvera airport is due to be made later in July, with the legalities of the EU177 Mln loan guarantee by the regional government being under scrutiny.

EC approval of the loan guarantee would essentially allow the concession holder of Corvera airport, Aeromur, to guarantee their repayments between 2014 and 2023, and with a commitment to make repayments up to 2050 with an interest rate of 4.87%.

None of the major airlines currently flying into San Javier Airport have made any reference to when - or if - they will transfer operations to Corvera Airport.

Corvera back in the news

The IU- Verdes political candidates for the European Parliament, José María Ortega and María Marín, attended a rally outside Corvera airport on Sunday in protest against the regional government of Murcia's continued support of the facility which "is against the interests of the public".

A further 50 supporters attended the rally, including the coordinator of the IU-Verdes for Murcia, José Antonio Pujante, together with a number of Councillors from neighbouring municipalities.

Ortega went on to denounce the project as "nonsense" and questioned the legality of the "undemocratic planning works", and that Corvera Airport was not in the interests of the public, but only in the interests of companies closely allied to the Partido Popular.

Moreover, he criticised the €180 Mln debt generated by the airport on "the whim of a [former] President who has refused all requests for explanations or debate and fled to Brussels."

Ortgega called upon the people of Murcia to hold the PP to account for the failures of Corvera Airport when voting in the European Elections on May 25th.

Did someone say airport

Just to show that it really exists

a google image

Corvera again

More news on Murcia today regarding Corvera airport.

Didn't some wise sage mention the lack of a year on the last update.

There's a bit more here as well.

Corvera Airport

The saga drags on.

As a property owner in Spain, this airport is just down the road from us.
The airport has been built and has been ready to open for some time.

The latest news......

posted on Murcia today, here, is that the airport will operational by 18th September.


In the usual style of reporting on Corvera and the planned Paramount theme park................



it doesn't give the year.