Cordova/He Cordoba airport Live the countdown to enter a new dimension, that which must be given by the regular flights to Palma de Mallorca and Gran Canaria that will begin next week, in the first of the connections, and at the end of July, in the second. The infrastructure is currently undergoing different training tests before the new terminal enters service next Monday, July 1, expanded during works that have lasted for the last six months. The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, will be in charge of presiding over this opening ceremony together with the president of Aena, Maurici Lucena, on a day in which the facility will already receive its first travelers, from the charter flight operated by Mapatour that will return from Basel after having to make the outward journey from Seville on the 24th.
Monday will be the time to see how the new Córdoba airport terminal has turned out, after a investment of 2.2 million euros which has allowed the original surface to be doubled, to which it has been attached, leaving an installation of more than a thousand square meters. The project, which initially had a one-year execution period and has been reduced by half, has left a boarding hall and a baggage claim hall of about 350 square meters each, while the departure hall will have with more than 100 square meters. Among other improvements, the facility has incorporated a new check-in counter – it will have three – and additional X-ray equipment – it will have two – at the security checkpoint, which will also have two automatic boarding pass readers and an area for Passengers can be distributed in a queue before accessing the filter.
This project to refurbish and modernise the terminal, which has also affected its exterior, including the car park, has already been tested by the various technicians, with the aim of ensuring that it can operate with all the guarantees. Thus, during this week, last Monday, the different processes that are activated in the building when handling a flight were put to the test, with the aim of analysing the operation of the new facilities and fine-tuning the last details of the operation. To do this, a flight to Palma de Mallorca was simulated, recreating everything from baggage check-in to security control, boarding and baggage collection, as detailed by Aena. In addition, a number of tests will be carried out in the following days. another drill to integrate the new terminal into the airport’s self-protection plan; that is, to activate all devices in case there is an accident.
The inauguration of the new facility next Monday will coincide with the arrival of a new charter flight, the third to operate at the facility since last December. Inaugurally, during the Constitution and Immaculate Bridge there was a round trip to Prague, while on this occasion it will be the return of another from Basel that could not fly on the 24th because the airport was not yet operational, as and as Aena had already confirmed in the previous months.
Then, he set July 1 as the date for the return to activity, coinciding with the imminent start of the regular flights announced last January and that, during the summer, will connect Córdoba with Palma de Mallorca – 36 flights with two weekly frequencies, Thursday and Sunday, between July 4 and September 1 – and Gran Canaria, with another 12 every Tuesday between July 23 and August 27. All will be operated by Air Nostrum, the airline franchised by Iberia that has put a total of 4,800 seats up for sale, as the flights will be carried out with the CRJ1000 aircraft with a capacity for one hundred passengers.
