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26 Sep 2009 12:00 AM by not smooth Star rating. 241 forum posts Send private message

Has anyone got any concreate news on progress on the New Corvera Airport




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26 Sep 2009 7:39 PM by arnoldnedith Star rating. 57 forum posts Send private message

The schedule of works posted online by the airport operators shows

that it should be operational in April 2011, as long as there are no

unexpected delays. It will be finished approx 4 months before this

but everthing has to be tested before they get the opening licence.

This is a firm date now for the opening/ 1st flights

 




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26 Sep 2009 11:30 PM by dringman Star rating in www.Condadoexcursion.... 772 forum posts Send private message

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Sorry but I have been informed that there is a delay until 2014 because of economic downturn. This came from a businessman involved with airport parking who said executive of San Javier told him. So nothing official but I believe this guy has an ear to the ground.

 

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27 Sep 2009 10:05 AM by TheQuietMan Star rating in UK and very occasion.... 535 forum posts Send private message

That would be disappointing but understandable. I understand that when Corvera is fully operational it will host 24 hour flights. That will make a difference to getting over to CdA as late flights and unsociable hour flights are often so much cheaper.

Yesterday I read a really worrying article about Spains financial situation and the looming mega unemployment problem complicated by the lack of any other industry( than building)  that could improve Spains projected continued down turn. That sort of article does make me wonder if Corvera will actually get finished and open. The dropping numbers of tourists statistically says they dont need this other airport now and Alicante and San Javier both had improvements either ongoing or planned anyway. They estimate a huge downturn in rental income and in the service industries that support the tourist trade from 2010. There was further information about over development and the push to house nationals in what has previously been seen as holiday accomodation thereby changing the face of resorts such as ours. At present there are over 1,700,000 built or semi completed properties in Spain with no hope of the expected purchasers buying them up and they are looking at housing associations complusary purchasing properties at minimal cost, to house the growing number of unemployed and potentially homeless immigrants brought into the country to staff the building trade. Whilst most of that info must be conjecture or somewhere up in the ether as idea's it seems likely that huge financial committments such as Corvera, new shopping malls, Hotel complexes etc may be rethought.



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27 Sep 2009 11:21 AM by ant and andi Star rating. 479 forum posts Send private message

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hi

we were over in august and i went to see the site for myself, it was a hive of activity, 4 tower cranes on the go and concrete wagons coming in and out all day, so dont be too disheartened, it looked ok to me,

once again sorry for being positive, ant 




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27 Sep 2009 1:01 PM by arnoldnedith Star rating. 57 forum posts Send private message

I agree you can see some photos on the bottom page of this link to an article in August.

They are hoping that now they have the final funding, works may even finish ahead of schedule.

http://www.theleader.info/article/18930/murcia-airport-to-open-next-year/

 

When Corvera is opened, Alicante and San Javier are going to suffer greatly. The planned expansion for Alicante which goes back to 2000 and costing in excess of Ten million euros will prob not now go ahead as this was planned before the existence of Corvera.

The landing fees are going to be 20 % less than the other airports and closer to all the main resort in Costa Calida.

This article is from August 2009

Work on the new Murcia Airport is already in its final stages, nearing completion and work to complete both the terminal and control tower.  This was recently stated Councilor Public Works and Regional Planning Executive of the Region of Murcia, José Ballesta, who was keen to stress that they are meeting all the deadlines in the project to build new airport in Murcia.

The new Murcia airport, also known as Corvera Airport has been in recent weeks received attention from some regional collective, who have applied for the same airport, the official name of Juan de la Cierva, a tribute to the historic born engineer from Murcia. Despite the good progress of work of this José Ballesta adviser has not hidden his desire to speed up work  of  this crucial infrastructure for the region.


 




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27 Sep 2009 1:22 PM by Jann Star rating in Merseyside and Jardi.... 802 forum posts Send private message

I'd seen that August 2009 article too and it does sound hopeful. Alicante has a massive new building on site as well so they are clearly going ahead with some improvements. Maybe Corvera will be a bit delayed but its not being built just for CdA or the tourist trade its for the whole region so there has to be many reasons it was even considered in the first place which will hoepfully push it forward.

Tony- I read the article I think you are referring to regarding Spains financial situation and its true there weren't many positives in it (online Telegraph) but you can just as easily find other articles which do have more hope for the future- so the truth will be somewhere in bewtween. However, I have to say talk about housing associations changing the face of resorts 'such as ours' is scaremongering. Those articles were online about this time last year and referred to backrupt stock in coastal resorts and suggested that this may be of dealing with several problems with one stroke- Spanish govt housing associations buying up some bankrupt stock to replenish local housing would help ease debts some property developers had, would clear some of the ghost developements, would provide low cost housing for locals unable to get on the property market and provide stimulus for the retail trade (DIY, furniture/soft furniture suppliers, white goods suppliers) Many Spanish people found it hard to get on the property ladder as developers price everything high for the second home trade.  PW and others disappeared off our tv screens last year as they turned their advertising back home to encourage the purchase of property on their developements 'a first home at the right price'. its very unlikely housing associations would buy up swathes of PW properties because they are not bankrupt stock going for a song and they also carry a community fee which is considered fairly high. Whilst we will see more Spanish families living full time on the resorts- which is a good thing and makes the resorts less Spanish-lite- most still see them as an expensive place to live.



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27 Sep 2009 2:58 PM by arnoldnedith Star rating. 57 forum posts Send private message

Also forgot to add that from the article from August it stated

Ballesta, who was speaking at  the presentation of the Road Safety Plan 2009-2010, explained that the future airport is up and visible and that he "glimpsed" check-in counters and boarding, 




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06 Oct 2009 1:51 PM by Truckers Star rating. 5 forum posts Send private message

Has anyone any idea who is going to fly into Corvera Airport




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06 Oct 2009 2:48 PM by markbarrowman Star rating. 37 forum posts Send private message

Hopefully not Al Quaeda




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06 Oct 2009 3:40 PM by julianpray Star rating in Middx. & La Isla, Bl.... 93 forum posts Send private message

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As to who will fly in there, nobody has any idea as yet but they will of course be chasing the budget and charter airlines especially as Corvera doesn't plan on having to operate within restricted operating hours. Therefore, it will depend on the incentives being offered to the likes of Messrs. O'Leary and Stelios etc.

 

 

 

 




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06 Oct 2009 4:02 PM by firsteuro Star rating in Hondon de las Nieves. 58 forum posts Send private message

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I may be wrong but I am sure that I can recall an article stating that San Javier would retain the Easyjet / Ryan air business based on cost.

Corvera would become an International hub with trans atlantic flights and long haul destinations catered for.



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06 Oct 2009 4:16 PM by danseex Star rating in Los Naranjos J4 n253. 652 forum posts Send private message

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I read that they had trouble getting additional funding and all work has stopped




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06 Oct 2009 6:04 PM by Patrick&Christel Star rating. 124 forum posts Send private message

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i have read in a Spanish magazine last week that Corvera will be 20% lower in cost for the airlines,so that is good news for the low cost companys




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06 Oct 2009 7:32 PM by Truckers Star rating. 5 forum posts Send private message

I just hope we are not in the flight path as its I hear going to be 24-7




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06 Oct 2009 7:38 PM by ant and andi Star rating. 479 forum posts Send private message

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truckers

its still a 30 minute drive,  maybe 15/20 mins as the crow's fly, so i dont think that will be much of a problem?




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06 Oct 2009 8:46 PM by Carlisle Family Star rating in Cumbria - Jardine 4. 208 forum posts Send private message

I thought Planes were flying in and out of Corvera not crows



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07 Oct 2009 1:56 AM by jillcrawford Star rating in AYRSHIRE JARDINE 8 7.... 132 forum posts Send private message

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Hi Folks

Like truckers I hope we are not on the flight path

When flying into san javier you fly over house and are quiet low at this point, and I really don't think half an hour away makes much odds,  for a plane that is no big deal

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07 Oct 2009 12:07 PM by ajw Star rating in Aberdeen. 1088 forum posts Send private message

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I live approx 8 mins drive from Aberdeen Airport but by the time the planes fly overhead here they are already well up in the sky and we don't  get much noise at all.  Corvera being around 20 mins away will be just perfect I reckon.



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07 Oct 2009 12:10 PM by Ted H Star rating in Purley and jardin 13.... 458 forum posts Send private message

I don't know if the plans have changed much over the years, but the original runway plan had the southern line of the runway heading between Hacienda de Alamo and Fuente Alamo - this would put it on a straight line bearing between Camposol and Mazzaron.  Obviously the flights will deviate from the straight line, and some may head towards Condado, but they should be quite high by the time they get to us.  I will post a picture of the original plans, showing the direction and proximity of the main towns.

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