For us out-of-country people... who/what is HACAN?
Times change, situations change. There are many different reasons for expantion. I remember when the first B747's came out... they didn't fit on the terminals! So obviously new terminals had to be built. And of course, with the world getting smaller through television, etc. people want to travel to see it.... and it's not the "luxury" it once was! So, more people WANT to fly, airlines WANT to provide it, so the aerodromes must be expanded to meet the capacity... very simple fact! It's not always possible to move a whole aerodrome, like Munich did (causing people to suffer noise that never dreamed they'd one day be near an airport!)
A German flying magazine brought the following notice one year: all persons that complain about noise at a neighboring would be put on a "black list" and as soon as they booked a vacation flight, they would not be allowed to fly.
Unfortunately it was an April fool's joke
Westy