CIUDAD REAL CENTRAL AIRPORT

摘要

An airport intended to handle the overflow from Madrid Barajas airport. At a cost of €1.1bn (£912m) and serving a town of 75,000 people, the project depended on a high-speed rail link to Madrid to justify its cost. Passenger numbers were well down on projections, and eventually the airport filed for bankruptcy. The project was privately financed by CCM, the first regional savings bank to need rescuing. The official bankruptcy report also shows a lack of future planning: 'The loans taken out were enough to cover the construction phase but no thought was given to the investment needed to make the airport function as a business."