6 May, 2016 @ 16:38
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Malaga’s second runway has opened earlier this year

Iberia plane

Iberia planeMALAGA’S controversial second runway has opened on earlier than usual this year.

The runway usually only opens in the summer to deal with the tourist hordes, but huge volumes of passengers arriving in spring have led to its early opening.

Following its €470m construction in 2012, the runway was used around 1% of the time in 2014 and 2015.

That’s the equivalent cost of €78m each day.

Last September a statement issued by the union for air traffic controllers – USCA – said the runway causes economic losses for the airport and often delays passengers.

The union said as increasing numbers of passengers use the airport with only one runway in operation, they have to stack incoming planes, leading to longer waits on the tarmac.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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