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The coming year is expected to beryllium decisive for the caller planetary airdrome successful Kastelli, arsenic the task enters its last stretch.
According to the plan, the airdrome will beryllium completed successful 2026, while different cardinal milestone is expected successful the past 4th of the year: the enactment of the contractor for the aerial navigation equipment. This is simply a task that, upon its commencement of operation, will go the 2nd largest airdrome successful the country.
The roadworthy to δοκιμή flights
2027 has already been acceptable arsenic the adjacent large step. Test flights are planned to take place, paving the way for the start of mean operations of the caller planetary airport, gradually replacing the existing Nikos Kazantzakis Airport.
Ambition for an aviation hub
Kasteli Airport aspires to go an aviation hub for the full Eastern Mediterranean.
Indicative of the dynamics of Crete is the representation of the existent Heraklion airport: successful November, passengers accrued by 9.2%, reaching 245,969, compared to the aforesaid period of the erstwhile year.
Works successful an precocious stage
The project, implemented by TERNA, is already successful an precocious operation stage reaching 65%.
The supporting structures person been completed:
the Control Tower,
the Air Terminal,
and the bulk of the remaining buildings.
The 7-level terminal, with a total country of 93,000 sq m, is successful an precocious stage, arsenic well arsenic the Control Tower.
The 3.2 kilometer runway has already been completed.
The caller roadworthy transportation with VOAK has been implemented astatine a complaint of much than 85%, with the objection of a conception where a tunnel of astir 3 kilometers is being constructed.
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