20 Dec 2014 5:44 AM:

But Corvera and the Regional Government claimed 2 years ago that they were ready to receive aircraft and the truth is they simply couldn't even if they had wanted to, and did they forget IATA ? 

Now to the next problem for Corvera, IATA.

IATA are responsible for the distribution of air corridors, approaches and even the 3 letter designation for an airport.

IATA meet bi-annually. At there meeting in the USA in June 2014 they reviewed their allocation of airspace for the period November 2014 - March 2015. So assuming that their latest meeting was held in December that would probably cover allocation of airspace for the period May - September 2015.

Covera Airport may open in April 2015 as promised by the regional government, but the first aircraft is still a long way off.

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19 Dec 2014 3:20 PM:

Congratulations to Corvera Airport who have just completed successfully the calibration flight trials, the press release having just been issued ! 

This just proves that there was no way this airport could have ever opened 2 years ago, unless it was for day trippers going on a sightseeing tour.

 

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21 Oct 2014 10:13 AM:

Thanks for your response inspectahomespain. The N332 is now also congested at La Zenia due to the connection with Zenia Boulevard. The airport bus to Alicante from Torrevieja avoids the N332.

Passenger figures at San Javier continue to decrease, which would suggest there is a downturn in interest in the area rather than lack of flights. If there was the demand, the airlines would have increased flights. San Javier has never been stretched to its full capacity.

I work with Middle East real estate investors who put substantial amounts of money into Murcia and the Southern Costa Blanca, and they only see Covera as another regional airport. They saw plans for Corvera a few years ago, and I will be honest laughed because of the hype the Murcian government gave to it. They compared it to Bristol International Airport.

I would be surprised if any flights transfer from Alicante to Corvera. If you exclude the budget airlines, the other flights arriving at Alicante are business orientated. Even the daily Air Nostrum Madrid service from San Javier is empty most of the time.

Maybe Corvera could serve the cruise ships at Cartagena ? But there is no reason why San Javier could not have done this already if the demand was there.

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21 Oct 2014 9:01 AM:

Some interesting posts and links over the 4 pages of this thread.

I laughed at the post about not getting stuck on the N332 between Orihuela Costa and Alicante, clearly by someone who is completely out of touch with travel in that area.

One question that never seems to get answered, where are all these passengers that are predicted to use Corvera going to come from ?

The latest government statements for Corvera are 4 - 5 million passengers by 2022. The airport will operate 11 flights per hour per day.

Corvera needs to hit 2 million passengers per year within the first 2 years of opening to be entitled to state aid under EU regulations, yet the majority of the first 2 years, if Corvera opens, it will be sharing passengers with San Javier.

 

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