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Klagenfurt Airport: fighter jets no, committee yes

Eternal point of contention: Klagenfurt Airport(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

Things are generally quieter around Klagenfurt Airport than the owners and operators would like. Now it is once again in the headlines. A "KärnThema" by "Kärntner Krone" editor-in-chief Hannes Mößlacher.

Things are generally rather quiet at Klagenfurt airport; too quiet in fact, they apparently thought, and brought the debate about a second base for Eurofighter fighter jets to Lake Wörthersee in addition to Zeltweg. A "smoke grenade", according to an army aviation expert: "The second base will be Linz. But only on a daily basis. The Eurofighters need an extremely specialized infrastructure."