The Peinador

airport in Vigo

, inoperative due to a sinkhole in the runway, which has forced cancellation of flights throughout the weekend, could reopen next Monday, as confirmed by the Government Delegation in Pontevedra.

The Government sub-delegate in Pontevedra,

Maica Larriba

, has traveled to the airport this Friday to find out the status of the actions already started for the repair of the runway.

Larriba has confirmed the information offered by Aena, which explained on its social networks that the works will be carried out by the company Francisco Gómez y Cía, "which has already started up its two hot asphalt conglomerate plants in Santiago to begin the repair sooner".

The sinkhole, as indicated by the Government Delegation, measures approximately

seven meters in length and two in width

and is located 200 meters from the threshold of the head 19 of the runway.

As explained by the representative of the Executive in Galicia, it was detected this Thursday in a routine review carried out by airport operators.

"At first, the sinkhole was small and

did not compromise the safety

of operations. However, its condition was monitored through reviews after each arrival and departure operation."

On Friday morning, after a review, a

"considerable" increase in the dimensions

of the hole

was detected

and the track was immediately closed.

Meanwhile, Aena explains that

the airlines with affected flights will decide what to do

with their passengers: cancel or reschedule flights from other airports.

Some companies have chosen to

divert their flights to the Santiago de Compostela airport

, where higher traffic has already been noticed.

Some of them have been Binter Canarias -specifically one from Tenerife north-, Iberia -from Madrid- or Ryanair -a flight from Barcelona-. Many have been the passengers who have shown in social networks their dissatisfaction with the confusion and lack of information both from Aena and from the airlines themselves.

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