The Generalitat must pay to attract flights to Castellón in 2012

The arrival of low-cost airlines at the new airport will occasion a significant outlay from the Valencian coffers. The Generalitat are committed to spend around € 600,000 in the first year to subsidise the arrival of the 300,000 passengers that it expects in its first year of operation.
The operator now has a firm agreement with the British airline Jet2.com to start operating from 2013  and is negotiating with a dozen companies to fly into Castellón, among others, Ryanair and Wizz Air. The Irish company, has proposed ten weekly flights with routes to Charleroi (Belgium) and Bergamo (northern Italy), is asking for a public subsidy of between five and six euros per passenger. Wizz Air, that has its headquarters in Budapest and operates mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, asks for two euros.
The public investment could be even greater and reach 700,000 euros a year if you compare the numbers of passengers to Reus, an airport of similar characteristics in location and size, to that of Castellón. The Catalan airport received 3.5 million euros in aid in 2010 and attracted 1.4 million passengers, as reported by the National Competition Commission, with its main carrier being Ryanair. Thus, the 300,000 users of Castellón could attract between 600,000 and 700,000 euros in public funding in their first twelve months of operation.