The Murcia Economic and Social Council (CES) expressed their favour for the new airport near Corvira over the existing San Javier airport. The Corvira airport, with construction scheduled to begin at the end of June and to be in operation by 2010, will have a total area of 326 hectares (805 acres) and will be used by 200,000 passengers in its first year, increasing to 1.5 million passengers in four years. The CES Socioeconomic and Labour Report considers the competition between the two airports to be 'unfavourable' in a region with a population of 1.5 million people and criticises the recent investments in San Javier Airport made since the announcement of the new airport. It states that the airport at San Javier does not meet the necessary requirements to satisfy the transport demands of the region as a result of its difficulties for expansion and its limitations of use due to being primarily a military airport. The report favours the reaching of an agreement between the regional and state administrations to take into account the labour situation of the present employees in San Javier Airport and the offer of work in the new airport.
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