Last week, SEOSAT-Ingenio was loaded at the Torrejón de Ardóz Air Base, near Madrid, on board Volga-Dnepr’s Antonov An-124 cargo plane bound for the Kourou launch site. The Spanish satellite built by Airbus shared the flight to Guyana with the French satellite Taranis from CNES. The launch, scheduled for 18 November aboard a Vega launcher, will see both SEOSAT-Ingenio and Taranis ride-sharing towards similar orbits, at an altitude around 700 km Airbus said a VESPA payload dispenser, … [Read more...] about An-124 delivers Spain’s Airbus-built satellite for space launch
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Spanish ‘ghost airport’ sold for 10,000 euros
An abandoned Spanish airport which cost nearly € 1.1 billion to build has been sold for € 10,000 in a bankruptcy auction. Ciudad Real Central Airport, located about 235km south of the capital Madrid, became a symbol of the country’s wasteful spending during a construction boom that ended with the financial crisis of 2008, the year the airport opened. The operator of the airport went bankrupt in 2012 after it failed to draw enough traffic. Chinese consortium, Tzaneen International, tabled the … [Read more...] about Spanish ‘ghost airport’ sold for 10,000 euros
Spanish ‘ghost airport' sold for 10,000 euros
An abandoned Spanish airport which cost nearly € 1.1 billion to build has been sold for € 10,000 in a bankruptcy auction. Ciudad Real Central Airport, located about 235km south of the capital Madrid, became a symbol of the country’s wasteful spending during a construction boom that ended with the financial crisis of 2008, the year the airport opened. The operator of the airport went bankrupt in 2012 after it failed to draw enough traffic. Chinese consortium, Tzaneen International, tabled the … [Read more...] about Spanish ‘ghost airport' sold for 10,000 euros
WFS is set for biggest EU expansion
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is set for the biggest expansion of its ground handling activities in Europe in over 40 years after being awarded full ground handling licenses to operate at Spain’s Madrid, Seville, Santiago, Oviedo and Vitoria airports. WFS expects to commence full passenger and ramp services in Madrid, alongside its existing cargo business, and Seville in October in addition to continuing its cargo operations in Barcelona and Valencia. Santiago and Oviedo will join … [Read more...] about WFS is set for biggest EU expansion
IAG Cargo rolls out new e-booking system
IAG Cargo’s customers in Spain have become the first to benefit from its new e-booking system. Enhanced features such as self-service registration, template bookings and auto-rating make the advanced service the easiest and fastest way yet for freight forwarders to book with IAG Cargo; meaning that bookings can now take less than three minutes to complete. Spain marks the first stage of a global rollout of the system, which underpins IAG Cargo’s total commitment to IATA’s … [Read more...] about IAG Cargo rolls out new e-booking system
