New Danish airport project meets with scepticism

Swedish building-constructor company NCC has agreed to find investors to a new airport close to Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city, situated in the east part of Jutland (West-Denmark), according to Nordic Travel Report. The agreement comprises also the management operation of the airport.

The news were released by a group of business-people from the area, which has for a long time worked with plans for a possible airport close to Aarhus.

Several experts, however, do not believe that the plan will ever materialize. Aviation analysts say that the infrastructure investments in terms of roads etc. could easily be as high as DKK 3 billion, and believe that return of investments cannot be achieved.

Moreover, they point to the fact that Jutland already has a modern airport named Billund (BLL), with air services to 12 major European cities. The distance from Aarhus to Billund is only 60 minutes by car.

Vagn Sorensen, SAS Senior Vice President, says to Nordic Travel Report that Jylland has a passenger potential for only one airport with international traffic.

On top of that, in a few years, trains from Aarhus can reach Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport in only two hours and 30 minutes. (NORDIC TRAVEL REPORT NEWS SERVICE)