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Dec 14, 2015 (newstodate): Latvia's Daugavpils Airport, formerly a Soviet air force base, never gives up hopes for a resurrection of commercial aviation.
The airport owned by the regional government has not seen any flights in 2015, and neither EU nor public funding has so far sufficed for a start of its plans to turning the airport into an international and regional airport allowing for international and domestic passenger traffic, international and domestic cargo transport as well as charter flights.
The airport board is however now again seeking investments including foreign support to proceed with its plans including the reconstruction of the runway, first tabled in 2007 but has since then remaining on the shelf.
Formerly a Soviet air force base, the airport has a 2,500m runway that will require upgrading, and earlier plans also included construction of a new passenger terminal as well as cargo facilities.
The projected airport would serve also as an alternate airport to Riga International Airport that is currently supported by airports in Estonia or Lithuania as a back-up under adverse conditions.
The airport owned by the regional government has not seen any flights in 2015, and neither EU nor public funding has so far sufficed for a start of its plans to turning the airport into an international and regional airport allowing for international and domestic passenger traffic, international and domestic cargo transport as well as charter flights.
The airport board is however now again seeking investments including foreign support to proceed with its plans including the reconstruction of the runway, first tabled in 2007 but has since then remaining on the shelf.
Formerly a Soviet air force base, the airport has a 2,500m runway that will require upgrading, and earlier plans also included construction of a new passenger terminal as well as cargo facilities.
The projected airport would serve also as an alternate airport to Riga International Airport that is currently supported by airports in Estonia or Lithuania as a back-up under adverse conditions.