Ryanair is known for using pretty shabby terminals on some airports. If you were asked to name FR's ugliest terminal, which would you vote for? I'd choose Tampere T2, unfortunately. However, yesterday's Aamulehti newspaper has informed (
in Finnish) that Finavia Civil Aviation Administration has completed the enlargement plans there. The refurbishment would cost between one and two million euros and the surface area of the terminal would rise by 500 square metre.
According to the article, Finavia expects to get some commitment from the part of low-cost airlines for this terminal to be used sufficiently. It wants them at least to open a few new routes or, better, to place 1 or 2 planes and create a base there. They envisage some Central European destinations as potentially lucrative ones.
Good to see some progress in TMP. After the news I'm a bit disappointed, though. We had to wait several years to get these humble 1 or 2 million euros. Now the money is allocated, but we still hear "if" and "when". Why has it been so much easier to find much bigger amount of money (almost € 150.000) for the enlargement in Vantaa due to Finnair?
And finally, how active will be Finavia in their efforts to get these new routes or concretize the base deal and start the enlargement? Time will tell.