Spanish ghost airport is sold for 10,000 euros – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

      

 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         

 
 
 
 
 
          The airport of Ciudad Real is located approximately 200 kilometers south of Madrid: the operation was discontinued years ago.
     

 
                                              

 
 
     
     
     
         
         
                                                             

The Chinese company has bought Tzaneen International Airport of Ciudad Real for a sum of 10,000 euros. The construction of the plant had cost 450 million euros. As the news agency Efe reported Friday, the Chinese group was at the auction the only bidder.

                         
         
         
                                                             
                                 

The airport was the first in Spain financed by private capital and opened in 2008. Originally it was expected that the airport is a major hub for cargo – especially for perishable foods from Spain. In addition, it should relieve the airport in Madrid during rush hour. In 2010, also flew briefly the Irish budget airline Ryanair the airport. But it was not worth it. That same year, insolvency proceedings have been initiated.

                         
         
         
                                                             

In April 2012, the operation had at the airport, which had been applied to a capacity of two million passengers a year, be adjusted. Since then, several failed attempts to auction off the plant.

                         
         
         
         
             
                                                                                              

A stop sign warns motorists at the exit from the airport. But usually no one goes here. Photogallery

                         
         
         
                                                             

The buyer companies announced According to media reports, make investments of 60 to 100 million euros. Several companies in China are keen to make the airport a major hub for their exports to Europe.

                                 

 
  

 
 
 
                       

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