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The strong commitment of the president's Party of the Murcia Region and President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, to close the airport of San Javier directly undermines economic and social interests of the Campo de Cartagena.
The airport facility del Mar Menor, only twenty miles from Cartagena, has become in recent decades in one of the main economic engines of the bank marmeronense.
Much of the business of hotels, restaurants and taxis in the area depends on this airport.
In a time of crisis and unemployment in the region, a large number of businesses and jobs will disappear because, in the opinion of the Minister of Public Works, José Ballesta, Murcia's new airport "is located in the center of the region ".
The situation becomes even more bleeding when taking into account that the San Javier Airport shows the best performance results in its history and the Government of Spain has invested 67 million euros in building a second runway and a second tower control which allows an adequate time window for commercial flights and to thereby achieve a traffic of 1.3 million passengers a year, according to Aena's own.
In addition, sources from the main operator of the airfield for domestic flights, Air Nostrum, Iberia Regional, have assured the party that "San Javier would have more flights to Madrid and Barcelona if passengers from Murcia city chose not to attend mass Airport El Altet, Alicante, turning its back on its own airport facility. "
These same sources claim that the Air Nostrum 80% of its passage in San Javier is from the District of Cartagena and the remaining 20% ​​of the rest of the region.
Given these precedents, the Cantonal Party requires greater involvement of political authorities of Murcia, which has always been our regional airport and the respect and care they deserve employers and workers residing in the area of ​​Mar Menor and the surrounding .
Source: Partido Cantonal de Cartagena
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