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Jan 27, 2020 (newstodate): Plans are moving ahead for construction of a new Mo I Rana Airport to be located in Helgeland, Norway.
They have indeed come a long way since Norway's Ministry of Transport in 2002 came up with the idea of merging three existing small local airports into one new airport capable of handling traffic with Airbus A320/Boeing 737 aircraft.
In 2013, the parliament decided to build the new airport, and a ceremony to mark the start of construction was held in 2017.
Since then, the plan has remained stalled for lack of a political decision to secure the financing of the project.
While the crucial issue of public financing remains unsettled, the plans are still alive, and visions are to open for traffic already in 2024.
The new airport will have a runway of 2,400 m, equipped with ILS CAT I and allegedly designed to become a "state of the art facility."
Taking a set in the Steering Group is now Brett Weihart, Scandinavian Mountains Airport managing director.
Under Mr Weihart's project management, Scandinavian Mountains Airport, in Sweden, was commissioned on December 22, 2019, and will see start of services from Aalborg, Copenhagen, and London-Heathrow from February 1, 2020.
They have indeed come a long way since Norway's Ministry of Transport in 2002 came up with the idea of merging three existing small local airports into one new airport capable of handling traffic with Airbus A320/Boeing 737 aircraft.
In 2013, the parliament decided to build the new airport, and a ceremony to mark the start of construction was held in 2017.
Since then, the plan has remained stalled for lack of a political decision to secure the financing of the project.
While the crucial issue of public financing remains unsettled, the plans are still alive, and visions are to open for traffic already in 2024.
The new airport will have a runway of 2,400 m, equipped with ILS CAT I and allegedly designed to become a "state of the art facility."
Taking a set in the Steering Group is now Brett Weihart, Scandinavian Mountains Airport managing director.
Under Mr Weihart's project management, Scandinavian Mountains Airport, in Sweden, was commissioned on December 22, 2019, and will see start of services from Aalborg, Copenhagen, and London-Heathrow from February 1, 2020.