Corvera Airport

Hi Folks - I have wandered off my usual forum (Condado de Alhama) to ask if anyone can update me on the progress of the new airport?  Does anyone have any new info/photo's?  Any details greatly appreciated.  Arlene

Hi AJW, hope the diet works..sound like a good plan.  Have just returned from Corvera.. You can't get anyone that knows the date of the airport opening.. But, from talking to people bank and lawyer. I feel if you plan on 2 years to opening you should be pretty close. Think of the weight you will have lost by then!!!!!!!!

Will they, wont they??

http://www.simplynetworking.es/news-2083-31-corvera_airport_-_opening_now_projected_for_september__october_2011.html

Of course they will   ,,,,,,,,,,,,,   eventually !

Thank you Hughman for the info

Please forgive me if I am wrong ,but it seems like you will take some type of pleasure from the fact that we might not get an airport in Corvera with your'' Will they won't they comment'' 

If we do not get the airport which is well on the way to being built and will be finished you can always tell people you told them so.

I see you live in Roda so you have your own airport ,do not worry about us.

Although we have our " OWN " airport and beach at Roda its not something we brag about.

The new airport at Corvera will benefit eveyrone but like  Hugh Man says until its open its still manyana !!.

Yes ours will be an international airport unlike the mickey mouse one serving Roda!!!!!!

canela

Sorry if I offended, not my intention at all, I posted purely for info as people often ask for news, in fact I personally think it will be great news for us all if new airport comes on stream before too long. I was being slightly cynical because if you read the full article there always seems to be yet another stumbling block as to why it will not be delivered on time despite announcing only a short time ago that funding to ensure its completion was put in place.

Spanish red tape is as bad if not worse than UK but the fact that "our" airport at San Javier has had 2 runways for some time so that commercial flights can run alongside the military but permissions to use still have not been given, highlights the 2 steps forward 1 step back approach only too common.

The other point is that, I never believe what I read.

Latest

http://casabill.blogspot.com/

Murcia Regional Airport , final go-ahead given

Sacyr Vallehermoso have obtained the financing necessary to continue the construction works of Corvera Airport, with the backing of a regional guarantee.

 La Caixa headed the financing plan, agreeing to fund a further 200 million euros , via Banco Espirito Santo, Caja Segovia, Caixa Tarragona, Caja Sol and the Instituto de Credito Official, ICO.

Following the presentation of a revised investment plan to the Consejeria de Obras Publicas a new completion date of June 30^th was announced , with a projected opening date of  September 2011.

This will enable the installation of facilities for Customs, Health and Safety, Police, Post Office, and Meteorological bodies to be completed prior to initial testing.

The financing deal has left Sacyr Vallehermoso as a 60% stakeholder in the consortium which has been granted a licence to operate the airport for a 40 year period, as a private airport. The remaining stakeholding is held by CAM, Caja Murcia, Inocsa, Cementos La Cruz, grupo Monthisa and Grupo Fuertes, each with a 6.6% share.

It is now being said that 50 million has been spent on works to date, the massive costs still to come in fitting out and completion of the infrastructure which is moving ahead at full speed.

This first phase of the airport is expected to handle 3 million passengers a year, with a capability of processing  15,000 take off and landings per year, with plans in place to extend the infrastructure once the passenger figures of 9 and 14 million passengers are achieved annually.

The 3km long runway and 23,000 square metre terminal building are in the final phases of construction, with the watch tower nearly completed, and the new access road infrastructure underway.

Conditioning  to connecting roads is in advanced stages, and providing there are no unforeseen hitches, such as any more Roman villas turning up in unexpected places,

Hi Hugh_man

Thanks for the update. Can I ask where you got the info from?

Many Thanks

June

June

The Press comment was from here

http://www.simplynetworking.es/news-2143-31-and_breathesacyr_vallehermoso_confirm_financing_deal_for_corvera_airport_is_agreed.html

There have been a number of articles re the airport in the press covered on this site.

Just returned from our apartment at Roda Golf. Locked the apartment at 6-40pm dropped the hire car off and in the air at 7-55pm not bad for a Mickey Mouse airport. I hope you people at Corvera will be as happy as we have been at Roda its been the best thing we have ever done.                   

Hi all,

Just back from Corvera, and I took some photos of the airport yesterday, and will upload them in a few minutes. You can't get TOO close, obviously it is a building site, but you can clearly see the control tower and several large buildings which are probably terminals.

One of the photos is of a sign near the airport, pointing to 'aeropuerto internacional , region de murcia'. There is a link below to the official website (in English), looks very impressive. It even has a pdf of a Powerpoint presentation which you can flick through which goes into investment, expected passenger numbers, analysis of the types of visitor etc etc. Worth a look at.

It takes under ten minutes to get from there to Corvera Golf, and you can see now actually see the airport from the hill just outside the resort gates which is great!

Ian

http://www.airm.es/