{"id":121905,"date":"2023-12-09T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121905"},"modified":"2023-12-09T10:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:59:32","slug":"inside-spains-ghost-airports-left-to-rot-for-years-after-towns-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/inside-spains-ghost-airports-left-to-rot-for-years-after-towns-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Spain’s ‘ghost airports’ left to rot for years after towns abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Airports are essential hubs for national and international travel and their construction often creates new job opportunities.<\/p>\n

However, various socio-economic reasons can result in the stark reduction of the flow of passengers to airports, to the point they lose their main reason to exist.<\/p>\n

Over the years, Spain has seen a number of travel hubs dubbed “ghost airports” due to the lack of goods and people transiting through them.<\/p>\n

Many of these airports were built in areas of rural Spain, but were abandoned by many seeking better life opportunities either in major Spanish cities or abroad.<\/p>\n

Besides depopulation, other blows to these airports were dealt by the economic crises experienced by the Mediterranean country over the years, a lack of investment in infrastructure or simply a lack of demand for an airport in the area they had been built in.<\/p>\n

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Some of these airports have seen in recent years a resurgence by reinventing themselves to become relevant infrastructure for the aeronautical sector.<\/p>\n

Express.co.uk took a look at some of the most famous “ghost airports” in the country – and how they are faring now.<\/p>\n

Castell\u00f3n\u2013Costa Azahar Airport<\/h3>\n

This airport is located near Vilanova d’Alcolea, a town home to only around 550 people and part of the Valencian community.<\/p>\n

This airport started experiencing issues since its very launch, as it was declared open by local authorities in March 2011 despite having neither airlines signed up to land there nor government approval to operate.<\/p>\n

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