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Murcia International Airport will take 3M from Alicante
Thursday, 28 April 2011 00:00

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According to a recent study by Universidad de Murcia, around 40% of Alicante airport (El Altet) passengers travel to the airport from Murcia. Based on these findings, the Ministry of Development for Murcia has stated that it expects the new international airport at Corvera, Murcia to attract in the region of three million passengers from El Altet.

Construction at Corvera Airport is proceeding apace, with more than 500 workers from 50 companies working on a three-shift system in order to deliver the airport on time. The nine-gate passenger terminal and the control tower are both structurally complete, and the runway and aircraft parking are nearing completion. Murcia Villas hears that work is now concentrated on air-conditioning, soundproofing, security systems, wiring and plumbing of the passenger terminal. This month, the Murcia regional minister for public works said that construction would be complete by late 2011, and the airport would be open “this time next year”.

aeropuerto de corveraNot everyone is happy with this news, however. When the plans for the new Murcia International Airport were hatched, it was made clear that San Javier airport (which has received a significant amount of expansion and investment over the last few years) would no longer be required to service passenger flights, and would revert to being a military airport and seat of the National flying school. Passenger numbers at San Javier dropped to 1.3 million in 2010,  compared with 2 million in 2009.

Corvera Airport executives are meanwhile busy trying to lure airlines to use the new airport. Several operators, amongst them Iberia, Spanair, RyanAir and EasyJet have expressed interest.

The closure of San Javier will only trouble a small proportion of visitors - those based in the La Manga and Mar Menor areas - and even then, the difference in driving time from one airport to another will only be a matter of betwen 15 and 30 minutes. Indeed, this is expected to be balanced out by faster movement through the airport security systems and a better road communication with the new airport compared with the two-laner which currently connects the San Javier airport with the A-7.
 

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