Tarmac opens a hangar at Teruel Airport with capacity for the largest aircraft in the world

The company, which already has four buildings at the Teruel aerodrome, has invested more than 15 million in this project and is expanding its workforce by fifty workers.

Redacción Wednesday, October 9, 2024 / 09:55

The Tarmac company has opened a new 8,000 square metre hangar at Teruel Airport for aircraft maintenance and recycling, with capacity for an Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft currently. The company, which already has four buildings at the Teruel airport, has invested more than 15 million in this project and is increasing its workforce by around fifty additional workers.

The Teruel airport is currently undergoing a growth process, with ten companies permanently installed there, employing up to 700 workers. There are investments worth 60 million for the next two years and works underway such as the new car park with a capacity of 160 vehicles, which will be completed in a couple of weeks, the paving of the Phase 3 acreage and the expansion of the Phase V parking lot.

The Minister of Public Works in the Government of Aragon, Octavio López, visited the hangar on Tuesday and said that it was “a very important day” for Teruel Airport and also for a “very fruitful” relationship between Tarmac and the Airport Consortium, managed by the DGA and Teruel City Council.

Likewise, López wanted to acknowledge “what Teruel and Aragon owe to Tarmac”. “The company submitted a bid in 2011 to become the driving force behind a project that, over time, was a resounding success, decisively contributing to positioning this airport as a world-class industrial benchmark in the field of aeronautics”, the councillor concluded.

Ribbon cutting during the inauguration of the new Tarmac hangar

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Regarding the tensions that have arisen in recent months between Tarmac and the Teruel City Council Consortium regarding the exclusivity of aircraft dismantling and recycling work at the Teruel terminal, López has stated that he is confident that they can be resolved “in the best possible way, with attitude and dialogue ”. He has not closed the door to reaching an agreed solution either. “ For us, Tarmac is firmly and decisively committed. This is a legal discrepancy that is important for the company, but we must let the proceedings move forward and see if we can reach an agreement. As in all marriages, there are times when we must dialogue and reach a consensus”, the councillor explained.

López himself has remained calm and has asserted that Teruel Airport would not be the same without Tarmac and that he believes that they are also “happy and comfortable” in Teruel. “Both parties need each other and the logical thing is to reach reasonable agreements for the future always protected by the law,” said the delegate for the Public Works area in the Government of Aragon.