Alexeni

Alexeni
Commune
Alexeni
Location of Alexeni
Coordinates: 44°40′41″N 26°42′41″E / 44.67805°N 26.71128°E / 44.67805; 26.71128
Country  Romania
County Ialomița County
Status Commune
Government
 • Mayor Ion Cărbune
Area
 • Total 43.62 km2 (16.84 sq mi)
Population (1992)
 • Total 2,431
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website http://www.alexeni.go.ro/

Alexeni is a commune in Ialomița County, Romania, some 65 km north-east of Bucharest, near the town of Urziceni. It is composed of a single village, Alexeni.

Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopters unit was located at the nearby airfield.In 2007, as the airfield was not used by the Romanian Air Force anylonger, the former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested to use the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport(as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).[1] However, some analysts considered the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area.[2] Eventually those plans were abandoned and all low-cost flights were moved in March 2012 at Bucharest main airport Henri Coandă International Airport.

References

  1. ↑ Hotnews.ro,New airport for low cost flights near Bucharest, February 28, 2007
  2. ↑ Hotnews.ro, Aeroportul "sătesc" din Alexeni - un proiect mort din naştere ("The village-airport of Alexeni - a project born dead"), March 1, 2007

Coordinates: 44°40′41″N 26°42′41″E / 44.67805°N 26.71128°E / 44.67805; 26.71128


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