Costly Spanish 'ghost airport' gets 1 meager bid at auction
MADRID (AP) — One of Spain's "ghost airports" — expensive projects that were virtually unused — received just one bid in a bankruptcy auction after costing some 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to build.
Ciudad Real's Central airport, about 235 kilometers (150 miles) south of Madrid, became a symbol of the country's wasteful spending during a construction boom that ended with the financial crisis of 2008, the year the airport opened.
Chinese group Tzaneen International tabled the single bid in Friday's auction, Spanish news agency Europa Press said.