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AIRPORT MANAGEMENT IN BEJA ARE QUOTING MARCH 2009 FOR THE ‘UP AND RUNNING DATE’ FOR THE NEW ALENTEJO AIRPORT. THE FIRST 10 MILLION EUROS DEVELOPMENT PHASE WHICH INCLUDED AIRCRAFT PARKING SPACES AND NEW CONNECTING ROADS FOR THE AIRCRAFT HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

 

THE SECOND TEN MILLION EURO PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH GOT UNDERWAY LAST MONTH WILL INLUDE A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL AND ALSO A CARGO TERMINAL. THE CONVERSION OF THIS FORMER MILITARY AIRPORT WILL OPEN UP NEW MARKETS IN ALENTEJO FOR THE HOUSING AND LEISURE MARKETS, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A QUESTION OF EITHER FLYING INTO FARO OR LISBON AIRPORTS BOTH OF WHICH WERE BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF HOURS AND TWO HOURS AWAY.

 

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BEJA – SINES MOTOR WAY IS ALSO WELL UNDERWAY THIS WILL OPEN UP MANY AREAS ON THE SILVER COAST MAKING RESORTS SUCH AS PORTO COVO, MELIDES AND MILFONTES EASILY ACCESSABILE FROM THE NEW AIRPORT

 

THE AIRPORT IT’S SELF IS LOCATED JUST FIVE MINUTES OUTSIDE OF BEJA, AIRPORT MANAGEMENT HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE IN TALKS WITH LOW COST AIRLINES FROM THE UK, GERMANY,IRELAND AND FRANCE. TALKS WITH LOW COST CARRIER RYANAIR ARE WELL ADVANCED WITH AN INITIAL AGREEMEN T ALREADY BEING REACHED.