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Dec 14, 2009 (newstodate): The planned projects for upgrading the Faroe Islands' Vagar Airport will bring new opportunities to the small society in the North Atlantics.
The local government has decided on a plan to extend the existing 1,250m runway eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, facilitating the operations by larger aircraft including the Airbus A319 slated for delivery to Atlantic Airways in 2011.
-This will create conditions for introducing competition at Vagar Airport and also present opportunities for direct flights from the Faroes to other more distant destinations, for example the USA, Southern and Eastern Europe, for both passengers and cargo, says the airport's board of directors.
In connection with the runway extension, all in-flight equipment will be updated, and a gliding landing path will be erected.
Besides, the airport is working on necessary required routines to implement the new required navigational performance that uses GPS to help pilots optimize flight approach and departure tracks containing curves and vertical profiles that could not be flown accurately using ground-based navigation aids.
The local government has decided on a plan to extend the existing 1,250m runway eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, facilitating the operations by larger aircraft including the Airbus A319 slated for delivery to Atlantic Airways in 2011.
-This will create conditions for introducing competition at Vagar Airport and also present opportunities for direct flights from the Faroes to other more distant destinations, for example the USA, Southern and Eastern Europe, for both passengers and cargo, says the airport's board of directors.
In connection with the runway extension, all in-flight equipment will be updated, and a gliding landing path will be erected.
Besides, the airport is working on necessary required routines to implement the new required navigational performance that uses GPS to help pilots optimize flight approach and departure tracks containing curves and vertical profiles that could not be flown accurately using ground-based navigation aids.