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Sep 03, 2010 (newstodate): October 31, 2010 will see the opening of the new dedicated low-cost airline facility, now re-named CPH GO, at Copenhagen Airport. But the story will probably not end there..
The Danish Competition Authority is currently investigating and handling a complaint by the group behind a project for another low-cost terminal, named Terminal A that has so far been denied access to a land plot at the airport.
-We are now eagerly awaiting the decision by the Danish Competition Authority and remain optimistic about the outcome, says Mogens Kornbo, a leading partner in the project and formerly with Copenhagen Airport.
-Copenhagen Airport bought 400,000 sq m of land in connection with the construction of Oeresund Tunnel, and this land remains unused.
-Also in sharp contrast to the CPH GO pier integrated in Copenhagen Airport, our plan involves a dedicated low-cost terminal unconnected to the existing airport infrastructure, similar to the status of the three cargo terminals also to the east of the airport buildings.
-So the argument by Copenhagen Airport that there is no space available for a new terminal, and that, if built, it would interfere with other traffic including the cargo operations does not hold true, in our vies. And hopefully neither in the eyes of the competition authority. We need only 12,000 sq m of the 400,000 available, says Mr Kornbo.
Once a verdict is passed in favor of the stalled low-cost terminal project, some 18 months are required for legal issues and construction works before operations can be commenced.
The Danish Competition Authority is currently investigating and handling a complaint by the group behind a project for another low-cost terminal, named Terminal A that has so far been denied access to a land plot at the airport.
-We are now eagerly awaiting the decision by the Danish Competition Authority and remain optimistic about the outcome, says Mogens Kornbo, a leading partner in the project and formerly with Copenhagen Airport.
-Copenhagen Airport bought 400,000 sq m of land in connection with the construction of Oeresund Tunnel, and this land remains unused.
-Also in sharp contrast to the CPH GO pier integrated in Copenhagen Airport, our plan involves a dedicated low-cost terminal unconnected to the existing airport infrastructure, similar to the status of the three cargo terminals also to the east of the airport buildings.
-So the argument by Copenhagen Airport that there is no space available for a new terminal, and that, if built, it would interfere with other traffic including the cargo operations does not hold true, in our vies. And hopefully neither in the eyes of the competition authority. We need only 12,000 sq m of the 400,000 available, says Mr Kornbo.
Once a verdict is passed in favor of the stalled low-cost terminal project, some 18 months are required for legal issues and construction works before operations can be commenced.