On 7th August a contract was signed on the site of the Heraklion International Airport at Kastelli for the provision, installation and commissioning of the air navigation systems for the new airport.
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Progress on the new VOAK and Heraklion-Kastelli airport
Two important contract signings took place in Crete at the end of last month. On 30th January the Prime Minister visited the construction site of the new Heraklion airport at Kastelli and witnessed the signing of the contract for the air traffic control and other electronic equipment for the new airport. On the same day the Infrastructure Minister Christos Dimas also signed the document marking the start of the concession agreement for the Kissamos-Chania-Heraklion section of the new VOAK, at the offices of the Regional Unit of Chania.
Continue readingNew Heraklion Airport on the way to completion
The new Heraklion International Airport which is being built at Kastelli, 45 km south-east of the city of Heraklion, is a project which promises to radically change the map of air transportation in Crete and to become one of the most modern airports in the Mediterranean.
Continue readingHeraklion airport to close for a week
The Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport at Heraklion is to close for a week for essential repairs, namely the replacement of the asphalt on the landing runway. In what is reported as the first closure of the airport in its history, it will be out of action from 19th to 24th February. The closure was confirmed on Friday by the issue of a NOTAM – a Notice to Airmen, or Notice to Air Missions – the official notification of a change of status of local flight facilities or procedures, or the existence of a hazard which many affect flight operations.