Virgin Galactic denies report that it plans to build a spaceport in the Middle East

Virgin Galactic is denying published reports that it plans to build a spaceport in the Middle East.

A company spokeswoman told TradeArabia that a newspaper report to the contrary was false. The report said a spaceport would be built in Bahrain beginning in February.

The company also denied reports that have spread across the Internet for months that it has plans to build a spaceport in Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates.

“Right now, we are concentrating on the spaceport, Spaceport America, which is to be based in New Mexico,” a Virgin Galactic spokeswoman was quoted as saying. “We have looked at Sweden and the possibility of opening one in Scotland. But as for opening one in Bahrain, or even Dubai, that is not true at all.”