Why buy a house when you can buy a whole airport for £7000

vivatifosi

antrobus wrote: »

Planning? It's been running since before Christmas.:) Goes from Yiwu (which is somewhere in China) to Madrid.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/10/silk-railway-freight-train-from-china-pulls-into-madrid

I was thinking of the one to Germany, but apparently they've done that one too now:o:

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150716000144&cid=1102

It will be interesting to see the impact that makes to the Chinese interior if goods no longer need to come to the coast to be shipped around the world.

onlyroz

When we booked flights to Florida the travel agent considered routes via Madrid. Perhaps more operators should consider it as an alternative to UK airport expansion.

vivatifosi

onlyroz wrote: »

When we booked flights to Florida the travel agent considered routes via Madrid. Perhaps more operators should consider it as an alternative to UK airport expansion.

If the Chinese sale goes ahead, which isn't definite, they aren't buying the terminal building or car park. I think it is destined to be a freight airport for that reason. Though there are plenty of other airports in a similar situation where such development may be possible.

One big issue though is that the airlines don't seem that interested or they would be cutting deals by now.

Tello

Ryanair already started flying from castellon airport

Tello

The flights are already scheduled for September and October

MARTYM8`

Tello wrote: »

Ryanair already started flying from castellon airport

Castellon airport – don’t you mean Valencia North or Barcelona South airport?

Ryanair's service starts on 15 September - 3 flights a week from Stansted and 2 from Bristol.


As for Ciudad Real it did have potential – there was scheduled to be a station at the airport on the Madrid to Seville AVE high speed line connected to the terminal via a footbridge. But the station was never built. I nearly booked a flight there in 2010 when Ryanair briefly operated the route given the potential for a fast transit to Madrid – until I discovered the station wasn’t being built. If the Chinese are willing to pay for the station – and the AVE stops there – it could have wings!