EIB PLANS LOAD FOR GROWING GRAN CANARIA AIRPORT
July 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is considering major financing of up to Euro EUR200 million for upgrading and expanding Gran Canaria Airport, in Spain's Canary Islands. It is Spain's fifth largest airport, processing more than 9 million passengers in 2009. The money would be lent to Spanish airport operator ENTE Público de Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (Aena), whose expansion project at Gran Canaria is expected to cost up to EUR450 million. The plan would expand the terminal by 58,000 square metres, boosting annual passenger ...
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