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I still recon that AENA know something we all don't ...
Murcia's San Javier Airport : No Imminent Plans to Close for Corvera ? | Tumbit News Story
Murcia's San Javier Airport : No Imminent Plans to Close for Corvera ? | Tumbit News Story
The Spanish can hardly predict what is going to happen next week, so to look 28 years into the future is really going some!
And what is the point in such a long term guess?
And what is the point in such a long term guess?
The latest in the long running saga of Corvera:
AS FURTHER proof that there is little love lost between San Javier and Corvera airports, this week staff at San Javier said: "Workers of San Javier will not go to your private airport, now or ever." The message came from the chairman of the council of Aena, Peter Blaya, with the statement aimed directly at the posturing and propaganda from Alberto Garre. Garre, the regional president on Tuesday announced to the Regional Assembly that all workers from San Javier Aena, totalling about 530 between employees and auxiliary companies, will be relocated to the aerodrome of Corvera.
Blaya strongly criticized this intervention, because, according to the union official, "not one word catered to reality." Blaya, as an example of this lack of Garre’s sense of reality as regional president noted: "he has already stated that on April 2nd he would open Corvera, when there was no airport operator and the airfield itself was not finished," or when he indicated that Corvera would be able to be used by an Airbus 380, a plane "that only fits in Barajas and El Prat," as two more statements to show that Garre really has no understanding of how the airline business works and the reality of the situation, as opposed to purely political manoeuvring.
Blaya also announced the filing of a complaint with the European Commission for embezzlement. Specifically, the secretary general of the Federation of Citizen Services CCOO, Salvador Soto, that was presented on December 15th 2014 to the European Anti-Fraud Office regarding; "serious suspicion of fraud affecting public funding through the EU for Corvera airport. In that letter, he noted that San Javier Airport opened a second runway in 2011 to allow up to three million passengers to pass through San Javier. He added that if San Javier was to be closed that Garre might have to return some ten million euros of European funds, to add to the 22,000€ it costs in interest to keep Corvera closed, on a daily basis.
He warned Garre that the European Commission and ordered the Polish state to pay back 218 million euros, regarding the building of Gdynia airport, when Gdansk is only 25 kilometres away.
Therefore, the complaint to the European Commission recommends recovering 'misappropriated' funds for the Corvera airport and the Directorate General for Competition of the EU, that has not authorized a loan. Blaya added that San Javier airport, was the only Spanish airport to win an award from the Consejo Internacional de Aeropuertos: International Council of Quality Airports in the category of less than two million passengers.
AS FURTHER proof that there is little love lost between San Javier and Corvera airports, this week staff at San Javier said: "Workers of San Javier will not go to your private airport, now or ever." The message came from the chairman of the council of Aena, Peter Blaya, with the statement aimed directly at the posturing and propaganda from Alberto Garre. Garre, the regional president on Tuesday announced to the Regional Assembly that all workers from San Javier Aena, totalling about 530 between employees and auxiliary companies, will be relocated to the aerodrome of Corvera.
Blaya strongly criticized this intervention, because, according to the union official, "not one word catered to reality." Blaya, as an example of this lack of Garre’s sense of reality as regional president noted: "he has already stated that on April 2nd he would open Corvera, when there was no airport operator and the airfield itself was not finished," or when he indicated that Corvera would be able to be used by an Airbus 380, a plane "that only fits in Barajas and El Prat," as two more statements to show that Garre really has no understanding of how the airline business works and the reality of the situation, as opposed to purely political manoeuvring.
Blaya also announced the filing of a complaint with the European Commission for embezzlement. Specifically, the secretary general of the Federation of Citizen Services CCOO, Salvador Soto, that was presented on December 15th 2014 to the European Anti-Fraud Office regarding; "serious suspicion of fraud affecting public funding through the EU for Corvera airport. In that letter, he noted that San Javier Airport opened a second runway in 2011 to allow up to three million passengers to pass through San Javier. He added that if San Javier was to be closed that Garre might have to return some ten million euros of European funds, to add to the 22,000€ it costs in interest to keep Corvera closed, on a daily basis.
He warned Garre that the European Commission and ordered the Polish state to pay back 218 million euros, regarding the building of Gdynia airport, when Gdansk is only 25 kilometres away.
Therefore, the complaint to the European Commission recommends recovering 'misappropriated' funds for the Corvera airport and the Directorate General for Competition of the EU, that has not authorized a loan. Blaya added that San Javier airport, was the only Spanish airport to win an award from the Consejo Internacional de Aeropuertos: International Council of Quality Airports in the category of less than two million passengers.
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Local newspaper update
Murcia Today update on court decision to allow re-tendering of Operating Contract. May, or may not be, accurate or significant.
! Murcia Today - Legal Decision Paves The Way For Corvera Airport To Move Towards Opening
! Murcia Today - Legal Decision Paves The Way For Corvera Airport To Move Towards Opening
The latest 
Many of you may remember that some years ago we were all either excited or disappointed (depending on where our house was) that there was a plan to build an airport just outside Murcia (to handle the Paramount Theme Park traffic primarily which also never got off the ground) and there was also speculation that San Javier airport would be closed or may be allowed to remain. This was all the subject of much conversations in bars across the Murcia and Valencian regions.
Well time went on, and the airport was built and finished in 2010 and sat there like a white elephant unopened, while we all shook our heads in despair. Why? The problem was a legal battle between the local government and the concessionary Aeromur that had been awarded the concession, but had not opened the installations, giving lots of reasons (such as the economic climate). Eventually the government was so frustrated it rescinded Aeromur´s concession, who did not accept this decision and launched a Court battle, in the meantime, maintaining the installations at the airport. There was also the further complication of San Javier airport, which was meant to revert to a military airport but Aena would not close it unless compensated for the investment it had done into the military airport over these years. Last week the local government announced that at last the Courts had ruled in their favour and agreed the concession should be rescinded from Aeromur as they had not opened the airport. Of course they can still appeal, but that will rack up further expensive legal bills.
The local government now says, rather optimistically, that it will not be long before Corvera is opened. But as now the management tender will be put out if Aeromur do not appeal, there is still a way to go with this saga…
Many of you may remember that some years ago we were all either excited or disappointed (depending on where our house was) that there was a plan to build an airport just outside Murcia (to handle the Paramount Theme Park traffic primarily which also never got off the ground) and there was also speculation that San Javier airport would be closed or may be allowed to remain. This was all the subject of much conversations in bars across the Murcia and Valencian regions.
Well time went on, and the airport was built and finished in 2010 and sat there like a white elephant unopened, while we all shook our heads in despair. Why? The problem was a legal battle between the local government and the concessionary Aeromur that had been awarded the concession, but had not opened the installations, giving lots of reasons (such as the economic climate). Eventually the government was so frustrated it rescinded Aeromur´s concession, who did not accept this decision and launched a Court battle, in the meantime, maintaining the installations at the airport. There was also the further complication of San Javier airport, which was meant to revert to a military airport but Aena would not close it unless compensated for the investment it had done into the military airport over these years. Last week the local government announced that at last the Courts had ruled in their favour and agreed the concession should be rescinded from Aeromur as they had not opened the airport. Of course they can still appeal, but that will rack up further expensive legal bills.
The local government now says, rather optimistically, that it will not be long before Corvera is opened. But as now the management tender will be put out if Aeromur do not appeal, there is still a way to go with this saga…
Corvera Airport
And on and on it goes. What a waste of money. I believe The Paramount theme park has been put on hold as well.
! Murcia Today - Aeromur Continue The Fight To Be Reinstated At Corvera Airport
! Murcia Today - Aeromur Continue The Fight To Be Reinstated At Corvera Airport
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FINALLY OPEN AFTER YEARS
EMA flight by EasyJet first in! - sad to see MJV close yesterday and final flight from the Mar Menor
https://murciatoday.com/first-flight..._798357-a.html
https://murciatoday.com/first-flight..._798357-a.html
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I am going to miss the civil side of the old Murcia airport always a good drive down there.only used it twice always use Alicante .Many people I know who have got properties in la zenia and surrounding area are going to use Alicante now they say it's more quicker going here now then to the new airport.
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Funny thing is I. knew it was FR, as EMA and it’s in the link media reports I read / posted / just so excited it finally opened I must have typed Easy LOL ! Doh .. anyhow ... one mothballed airport now operational and MJV returns to the military ... sad day .. now let’s see if any public transport turns up to grow it or they stick to 4 bus route trips a day .....
