Construction of the new international airport in Murcia began in July 2008. The airport, which is now expected to take its first flights later in 2011 or early 2012, will be one of Spain’s largest airports.
The company responsible for the airport started recruiting staff in February 2011 for training later in the year. The airport will be a huge boost for the Murcia region and comes at a time when a major theme park project by Paramount Pictures looks likely to be constructed just 15 minutes from Corvera.
In March 2011 the current San Javier airport in Murcia opened a second runway and Alicante airport, just one hour from the region, is soon to see the opening of its new terminal building at six times the size of the current facility.