Oxford Airport announce new apron development
04.08.10
Oxford Airport is to start work to create a further 17,800m2 (4.4 acres) of new high strength apron. At the same time it is resurfacing a further 5,000m2 of established surfaces, with both projects scheduled for completion by year end. This £2.2m project comes hard on the heels of the announcement of a new 4,440m2 (47,800 sq.ft.) hangar that has just commenced construction on the south side of the main airport site.
Business Development Director, James Dillon-Godfray, said: ‘The apron development represents a considerable enhancement of capacity and infrastructure development that will effectively double the parking capacity at the airport for aircraft weighing up to 50 tonnes. On a busy day we can be stretched for space, but now Oxford Airport will be able to accommodate far more aircraft, for visiting operators and based residents, at rates that represent better value than most of our London-centric airport peers.'
‘Adding the equivalent of over four football pitches-worth of additional space will give us more flexibility and allow the handling of modern regional airliners including the Bombardier Q400 and the Embraer family of regional aircraft, including the EMB-190 and the Lineage 1000 business jet.'
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