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This billion-dollar 'ghost' airport is a creepy symbol of Spain's economic crisis

Graham RapierJul 21, 2015, 02:49 IST

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Don Quixote was a foreboding name for this doomed airport in the Spanish province of Castille-La Mancha.

The €10-billion ($108-billion) complex was completed in 2010, but was abandoned just two years later.

A group of Chinese-led investors has purchased the airport for just €10,000 - pocket change compared to the construction costs. They plan to turn the vacant terminal into a global freight hub.