Alexeni Airfield
Alexeni airfield was a military airfield, which was proposed as a new low-cost airport for Bucharest, located in the Alexeni town, in Ialomiţa County, at 60 km north-east of the capital city of Romania.
Alexni airfield | |||||||||||
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| Owner/Operator | Romanian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Alexeni, Ialomița County, Romania | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2001 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°42′16.47″N 26°43′7.45″E | ||||||||||
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Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopter unit was based on this airfield. Former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport (as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).[1] However, some analysts considered the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area.[2]
As of April 2013 those plans have been abandoned and all Bucharest's low-cost flights were moved at Henri Coandă International Airport in March 2012.
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References
- Hotnews.ro,New airport for low cost flights near Bucharest, February 28, 2007
- Hotnews.ro, Aeroportul "sătesc" din Alexeni - un proiect mort din naştere ("The village-airport of Alexeni - a project born dead") satesc-din-Alexeni-un-proiect-mort-din-nastere.htm Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, March 1, 2007