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Airport transformation still under way to tune of £45M
7:00pm Friday 10th July 2009
IT may not look like much at the moment but the multi-million pound transformation of Bournemouth Airport continues to plough ahead, with work on course to finish next summer.
Recent visitors to the ever-expanding airport will have seen the impressive new terminal entrance being erected – a sure sign that the £45million project has not been affected by the rough restrictions of the recession.
After many stops and starts due to a High Court action by the New Forest National Park Authority, which was eventually shot down last year, work began with a vengeance nearly a year ago.
Since then passengers have been using an interim departure lounge, including a tax-free shop, licensed bar, a Café Ritazza unit and seating for around 500 passengers and four departure gates.
The airport has spent around £20m on replacing its navigation systems, resurfacing the runway and expanding the apron, to accommodate 11 planes and six contact stands.
Steelwork for the new departures building has also been erected, with the roofing well underway and work has also started on the installation of the walls.
And within the few weeks, the concrete for the base of the floor will also be laid.
Airport spokesperson Sally Windsor confirmed the project was still on time and within budget, with the opening date set for early summer 2010.
Once the work is completed, airport chiefs are hoping to see more than three million passengers passing through its doors taking advantage of the new exotic routes being added to the schedule.
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Chris..., says...
11:54pm Fri 10 Jul 09
It is looking good. Managed to get a sneaky view from within. A new airport and more flights, brilliant for Bournemouth, and the tourists.
2Much...again!, Ringwood says...
8:48am Sat 11 Jul 09
I find this is the least friendly airport i have ever landed at..and it would be nice to be treated like adults.
504gld, Bournemouth says...
10:00am Sat 11 Jul 09
crispy_pants, Canford Heath says...
10:33am Sat 11 Jul 09
Emulated, Bournemouth says...
4:23pm Sat 11 Jul 09
Dreamers. Without new roads and a transport system its a loss making investment. A dedicated bus route and railway line is required. It will take years to think about it, another decade to get the plans approved and years more to build the infastructure. By then oil will be that expensive and in short supply we will all be staying in the UK.
david barbara, Turlin Moor says...
5:53pm Sat 11 Jul 09
504gld wrote:When I was young I walked 50 miles carrying a sack full of potatoes in my bare feet.
3 million people ..... how the hell are they supposed to get there other than a rip off taxi or infrequent bus that does not run early morning or late at night....I suppose we'll all have to pay the sky high car parking charges.... when will they do something about this? I can't think of another airport that has no scheduled bus routes passing through.
Folk today, dont know they are born...
Chris..., says...
9:57pm Sat 11 Jul 09
What sky high parking charges. BIA is one of the cheapest in my opinion.
I still think it is great news anyway.
Gordon Cann, Bournemouth says...
1:16pm Sun 12 Jul 09
' without swift action to curtail aviation growth all other sectors of the UK aviation industry will have to completely decarbonise by 2050 to compensate'
Gordon Cann, Bournemouth says...
1:22pm Sun 12 Jul 09
'all other sectors
of UK industry'NOT 'all other sectors of the UK aviation industry'
david barbara, Turlin Moor says...
1:22pm Sun 12 Jul 09
Gordon Cann wrote:Yawn...boring
To all those who seem quite happy to enjoy the benefits of modern science from anitbiotics to mobile phones. but who seem quiet willing to ignore scientfic evidence for the relationship between aviation growth and man made carbon emissions may I quote from the conclusions of the investigation made on this matter by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Studies( Feb 2006) ' without swift action to curtail aviation growth all other sectors of the UK aviation industry will have to completely decarbonise by 2050 to compensate'
Gordon Cann, Bournemouth says...
2:44pm Sun 12 Jul 09
david barbara, Turlin Moor says...
2:50pm Sun 12 Jul 09
Gordon Cann wrote:An yours that of one which is gullible and dictorial
The true voice of irrational man or is it woman?
Chris..., says...
4:20pm Sun 12 Jul 09
You are boring the socks off us all. Grab your plackard and stand at the gates of the airport. It makes no difference.
Insurgent, poole says...
5:02pm Sun 12 Jul 09
Gordon Cann, Bournemouth says...
5:38pm Sun 12 Jul 09
As to my own personal life style
I first drove a car at the age of 33 and first went on an aeroplane flight at the age of 45, and I suspect my air miles and car miles will stand scrutiny
Many people died of lung cancer in the past and might perhsps have been excused since at that time little was known about the link between lung cancer and smoking; in the same way the link between aircraft emissions and global warming was not so widely known as it is today, and just in case anyone feels tempted to believe I want to revert to the stone age or suggest we all go round on horseback let me also say that it is the GROWTH not the abolition of air tranvel that is the concern of many people, but go and read the evidence; shooting the messenger is no substitute for rational argument boring as it might be to some people
anderton, whitecliff says...
5:36pm Mon 13 Jul 09
Chris... wrote:He is entitled to a opinion,so why be rude.
Gordon Cann, I have asked you before on another topic of the same subject, where do you get your figures from. It is a known fact that pollution from aircraft accounts for 4 - 8% of the total. More comes from motor vehicles, which I assume you drive. I also assume that you have in the past, or even in the present been on holiday via flight.
You are boring the socks off us all. Grab your plackard and stand at the gates of the airport. It makes no difference.
SHAPING UP: Development continues at Bournemouth Airport, and left, an artist’s impression of how the new terminal will look
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david barbara, Turlin Moor says...
7:18pm Fri 10 Jul 09
Where??