New Airport in Antequera Malaga?
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Negotiations with Air Berlin, EasyJet and Ryanair
Carmen Martín
The leading low-cost airlines have already shown an interest in operating out of a private airport in Antequera
The Vera Group is not wasting time, and has already established contact with representatives of the principal low-cost airlines operating in Europe with a view to having them use the proposed new airport in Antequera. The director of the project, José María de la Maza, tells us that “it is difficult to know how many low-cost airline companies will wish to operate out of the airport.” Negotiations have begun with the 30 or 40 of these low-cost airlines operating all over Europe, with special emphasis on the leading companies in the sector already operating in Spain: Air Berlin, EasyJet and Ryanair. Contact is also being made with other smaller airline companies like Vueling. Some of them have already expressed interest in using the new airport.
The importance of the participation of low-cost airlines in the project can be seen from the fact that 25 per cent of all air traffic in the European Union is now in the hands of the low-cost carriers. Their success is the result of greater efficiency at lower costs and the use, wherever possible, of cheaper, provincial airports, and they will clearly play a large part in the future of civil aviation everywhere.
Esther Granados, president of the Association of Commerce and Industry in Antequera, and owner of a travel agency, believes that the new airport will have a hugely beneficial effect on tourism in the area. “Clients of these low-cost airlines do not generally care whether they are dropped off in Seville, Granada or Malaga,” she says, adding that a recent study by the Vera Group shows that low-cost airline passengers tend to spend more than ten days in the area, travel accompanied by a family member or friend, are more than 50 years old and spend an average of 36.2 euros each day while on holidays, which is much more than the amount spent by the traditional tourist, we are told by the Tourism Observatory of the Costa del Sol.
An international airport
The mayor of Antequera, Ricardo Millán, tells us that the Town Hall will participate in the project through the granting of building land and planning support. He believes that the proposed new airport will allow for “levels of tourism unthinkable up to now,” as he put it. Completion of the project would mean that Antequera would be connected by air to the major cities of the world, and this will encourage companies to use the airport also for cargo transportation.
Successful cargo transportation depends to a large extent on local infrastructure, says De la Maza, and this will lead to the setting up of cargo facilities close to the airport. It is hoped to attract some international cargo operator, once the airport is up and running.
Negotiations with Air Berlin, EasyJet and Ryanair
Carmen Martín
The leading low-cost airlines have already shown an interest in operating out of a private airport in Antequera
The Vera Group is not wasting time, and has already established contact with representatives of the principal low-cost airlines operating in Europe with a view to having them use the proposed new airport in Antequera. The director of the project, José María de la Maza, tells us that “it is difficult to know how many low-cost airline companies will wish to operate out of the airport.” Negotiations have begun with the 30 or 40 of these low-cost airlines operating all over Europe, with special emphasis on the leading companies in the sector already operating in Spain: Air Berlin, EasyJet and Ryanair. Contact is also being made with other smaller airline companies like Vueling. Some of them have already expressed interest in using the new airport.
The importance of the participation of low-cost airlines in the project can be seen from the fact that 25 per cent of all air traffic in the European Union is now in the hands of the low-cost carriers. Their success is the result of greater efficiency at lower costs and the use, wherever possible, of cheaper, provincial airports, and they will clearly play a large part in the future of civil aviation everywhere.
Esther Granados, president of the Association of Commerce and Industry in Antequera, and owner of a travel agency, believes that the new airport will have a hugely beneficial effect on tourism in the area. “Clients of these low-cost airlines do not generally care whether they are dropped off in Seville, Granada or Malaga,” she says, adding that a recent study by the Vera Group shows that low-cost airline passengers tend to spend more than ten days in the area, travel accompanied by a family member or friend, are more than 50 years old and spend an average of 36.2 euros each day while on holidays, which is much more than the amount spent by the traditional tourist, we are told by the Tourism Observatory of the Costa del Sol.
An international airport
The mayor of Antequera, Ricardo Millán, tells us that the Town Hall will participate in the project through the granting of building land and planning support. He believes that the proposed new airport will allow for “levels of tourism unthinkable up to now,” as he put it. Completion of the project would mean that Antequera would be connected by air to the major cities of the world, and this will encourage companies to use the airport also for cargo transportation.
Successful cargo transportation depends to a large extent on local infrastructure, says De la Maza, and this will lead to the setting up of cargo facilities close to the airport. It is hoped to attract some international cargo operator, once the airport is up and running.
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