newstodate.aero
Sep 09, 2011 (newstodate): The Faeroe Island's Vagar Airport is on time with its current projects to extend the runway and construct new passenger facilities.
The projects are timed to facilitate the introduction of Air Atlantic's new Airbus A319 aircraft by spring 2012.
-Everything has worked without flaws, the runway extension is largely finished including installation of new ILS and lighting systems, says Finnbogi Niclasen, Vagar Airport manager.
-Plans are to officially open the runway on December 3, 2011, and this will mark the return of all flight operations at Vagar.
-We have managed to keep the airport fully operative in serving scheduled flights by Atlantic Airways without any disturbance to its commercial operations. On the other hand the airport has been closed for most traffic by smaller aircraft to allow for construction works to proceed undisturbed.
-The building process has been going on for 14 months now, we have moved some 1.6 million cubic meters of soil and rocks, and we are still to move a number of service buildings and garages for equipment and the like, in order to facilitate the construction of the new passenger facilities.
The original 1,250m runway has been extended eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, allowing for operations without weight penalty by larger aircraft including the Airbus Family/Boeing 737, and to lure other carriers to set up traffic to the Faroe Islands.
The projects are timed to facilitate the introduction of Air Atlantic's new Airbus A319 aircraft by spring 2012.
-Everything has worked without flaws, the runway extension is largely finished including installation of new ILS and lighting systems, says Finnbogi Niclasen, Vagar Airport manager.
-Plans are to officially open the runway on December 3, 2011, and this will mark the return of all flight operations at Vagar.
-We have managed to keep the airport fully operative in serving scheduled flights by Atlantic Airways without any disturbance to its commercial operations. On the other hand the airport has been closed for most traffic by smaller aircraft to allow for construction works to proceed undisturbed.
-The building process has been going on for 14 months now, we have moved some 1.6 million cubic meters of soil and rocks, and we are still to move a number of service buildings and garages for equipment and the like, in order to facilitate the construction of the new passenger facilities.
The original 1,250m runway has been extended eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, allowing for operations without weight penalty by larger aircraft including the Airbus Family/Boeing 737, and to lure other carriers to set up traffic to the Faroe Islands.