The airport without planes

Castellon airport, the airport without planes, paid 82,000 Euros annually for the services of a falconer

Castelló airport was opened with fanfare by the former president of Valencia, Mr. Francisco Camps, and the president of the Diputació de Castelló, Mr. Carlos Fabra (both from the Spanish Popular Party) on March 2011.

However, with a cost of about 150 million Euros and managed by the public society Aerocas, it has yet to see a plane either landing or taking off.

Now we have been aware that an empty airport had on its payroll a falconer at a cost of 82.000 Euros per year. The falconer Fernando Olmos, responsible for the company “Arte Falcon”, which also manages services for the airports of Tenerife and La Palma, was paid that amount to monitor an empty airport.

The news has seen the light because Mr. Olmos has been accused by the Guardia Civil for the smuggling of endangered and protected species and the falsification of the corresponding documentation and certificates.

This is yet another example of the misuse of public resources by the Popular Party governments of Valencia and Castelló.

http://www.elsingulardigital.cat/cat/notices/2013/07/un_falconer_cobrava_82.000_per_vigilar_l_aeroport_buit_de_castello_95261.php

http://elpais.com/elpais/2011/03/25/actualidad/1301044646_850215.html