ČTK: Army against turning military airport into gigafactory

The Czech Army and the Ministry of Defence do not want the country’s military airport in Líně near the city of Plzeň to be turned into a gigafactory, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported on Friday citing a “well informed source”.

The near 400 hectare large facility has been picked out as the location for a strategic business park by the government. A gigafactory producing batteries for electric cars and employing up to 4,500 workers is supposed to be built on the location. The City of Plzeň, local districts and several civil society groups have also expressed disfavour at the planned closing down of the airport.

The Ministry of Defence refused to comment on the matter, telling the Czech News Agency that an analysis looking into the feasibility of the facility’s planned reconstruction is confidential.