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Carlos Mazón announces the presentation of the impact and need study for the second runway at the Alicante-Elche-Miguel Hernández Airport and the expansion of Manise

 

• Carlos Mazón announces the presentation of the impact and need study for the second runway at the Alicante-Elche-Miguel Hernández Airport and the...
• This study, which will be carried out jointly between the Generalitat Valenciana and the Chambers of Commerce, will be presented at the end of April or beginning of May.
• He points out that the report will be carried out “with rigor and professionalism” and with data that justifies that “we must continue to be ambitious because the tourist capacity of the Valencian Community is beyond all doubt.”
• He assures that the study will demonstrate “the opportunities that we can implement, those that we have lost or will end up losing.”
• It appeals to the union of all political, economic and social forces for the development of this strategic infrastructure that "is necessary for the future of the Valencian Community and Spain"
• The president of the Generalitat attends the inauguration of the new Easyjet base at the Alicante-Elche Airport Miguel Hernández

 
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The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has announced that the Generalitat together with the Chambers of Commerce of the Valencian Community will present at the end of April or beginning of May the impact and need study for the second runway at the Alicante-Elche Airport. Miguel Hernández and the expansion of the Manises Airport. An initiative that will be carried out “with rigor and professionalism.” 

 

The president made these statements during the inauguration of the new Easyjet base at the Alicante-Elche-Miguel Hernández Airport, the airline's fourth headquarters in our country. 

The head of the Consell has defended that "the tourist capacity of the Valencian Community is beyond all doubt and we cannot stop being ambitious" so "we are going to justify, motivate and reason this need." Likewise, he highlighted that tourism in the Valencian Community "is returning to the Champions League and that is why we must take care of it with the second runway at the airport and the expansion of the other."

 

The president has requested “equal conditions” with the rest of the autonomies and has recalled that there are other airports in Spain with 13 million passengers that already have a second runway while Alicante, with more than 16 million passengers “still does not have have it.” Together with the second runway at the Alicante-Elche-Miguel Hernández Airport, the study will justify the need to expand the Manises Airport “so that many other destinations can continue to look to the Valencian Community.” 

 

Carlos Mazón highlighted that this study will demonstrate “not only the growth options we have to implement these infrastructures, but also all the options that we have unfortunately already lost or will end up losing.” 

 

Likewise, the head of the Consell has defended that "tourism is state policy" so the second runway of Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández and the expansion of Manises is not a "local demand" but is a "need for country and competitiveness.” In this way, the president has appealed to the union of all political, economic and social forces for the development of this initiative because "it is necessary for the future of the Valencian Community."

 

Mazón has stressed the “two essential requirements” that the Alicante-Elche-Miguel Hernández Airport needs to “become the international airport that we deserve: the rail connection and a second runway. This airport is currently the only air infrastructure in Europe that does not have them.”

 

The highest representative of the Valencian Executive has highlighted that "the Valencian Community is a reliable and attractive destination for investments without a tourism tax and a professional sector that is committed to a sustainable model that respects the environment." 

 

New Easyjet base

The head of the Consell has thanked Easyjet for its commitment to the province of Alicante with the opening of this new base. In this sense he has referred to the ten new connections from Alicante with cities such as Birmingham, Southampton, Zurich, Nantes, Prague, Newcastle, Lille, Belfast City, Lyon and Nice.

 

Thus, Easyjet, adding the new routes to the existing ones, offers 1.5 million seats in Alicante for this summer season. In addition, the new base represents the creation of 100 jobs.