26 July 2012 Last updated at 18:59 ET
By Pascale Harter BBC News, Spain
The terminal building of Ciudad Real International Airport stands dormant after closing in April 2012
Europe has already bailed out Spanish banks, now Spain's regions are clamouring for money from central government - and one of the reasons for this is their lavish spending on white elephant building projects, such as the airport at Ciudad Real, south of Madrid.
It has one of the longest runways in Europe but today there are no planes, only hawks and falcons gliding in the still heat over the arid yellow landscape of Don
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