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HGA Partners Limited presents an offer for Ciudad Real airport Airports

Air Nostrum operating in Ciudad Real Central Airport by Tercera Fundación - Flickr

The company HGA Partners Limited, through its General Director – Uttam Reddy – presented a 90 million Euro offer to acquire the Ciudad Real airport. This is a firm, binding and irrevocable offer for the airport, which is currently under court receivership. Hence the High Court of the Autonomous Region – Castilla La Mancha – said the viability of the offer is now being analysed. The information was published in ElConfidencial last Thursday. In July 2014 the Commercial Court of Ciudad Real extended the deadline for the sale, lowering the asking price to 80 million Euros in an attempt to find a buyer. Otherwise, the…

Castellón airport to start operations on December 11 Airports

The Castellón Airport Web Site is still under construction

Next December 11 SNC-Lavalin, the Castellón airport manager, will receive the official authorisation to start operations. The information was published this morning at elPeriodicoMediterraneo.com. In the meantime, they have undertaken initiatives to get clients. Among them, they have launched their brand new web site, www.aeropuerto-castellon.com, which is still under construction, where they offer some information. The image of this post is a screenshot of the airport’s new website. It highlights that this is “a new airport for Valencia region”. Moreover, on the left side of the screen, there are three messages in English about the advantages of the province which has “more…

Murcia-Corvera to start operations this year Airports

Jetair at Murcia-San Javier airport / Joaquin Vanschoren

The story of Murcia-Corvera airport looks like the never ending story but at last someone mentioned dates for the airport to start operations. We had learned that Sacyr and the Government of Murcia had resumed talks in December for Aeromur – owned by Sacyr – to get the airport’s concession. Five months later, there has been no news about this. In the meantime, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, president of the Autonomous Region for the last 19 years, in charge of such conversations, resigned to go to the European elections in the list of his political party (Partido Popular).The day before yesterday, VozPopuli informed that Alberto Garre – new…

Regulatory framework on airport subventions Regulations

consultation

Tomorrow, the European Commission is approving a new regulatory framework on public subventions to airports and airlines. Some countries might be affected, considering that most of their regional airports would have to close. This would be a plus point for the Spanish net usefulness, where the non profitable airports are protected without the need of direct airport subventions from the State.The new rules may change the map of the European aviation industry where the influence of the low cost airlines is significant. Also, the clarification of these rules would facilitate the interest from investors in the Aena’s eventual privatisation. Moreover, it should…

Aena would sacrifice the secondary airports to revive Madrid Airports,Regulations

Madrid airport Terminal 4 / shutterstock

The subsidies Aena is preparing with the aim of reducing the traffic loss at the main airports lead the Industry to conclude that there has been a change of strategies.Although in a different timeline, Brussels is working to strike down the practice of financing the loss making flights.This new system will penalise the secondary airports and boost the bigger ones, especially Madrid airport, as the airlines are supposed to concentrate more flights in fewer airports.This way Aena might be trying to balance a budget shortfall and the need to find a solution to the traffic loss from the main airports which are…