Back on topic. Has anyone read the Airport Master plan recently? It appears that by 2011 we will need 29 aircraft parking stands and by 2016 31!!
Mind you this was based on pax throughput without the recession, reaching 3million by 2006, 4.3 in 2011 and 5.1 in 2016. Working on their figures at 3 million pax we needed 19 stands in 2006. Guess we are ok then we have just hit 3 million and we have 22 stands so no need to park the unnecessary aircraft on taxiways then!!!! Maybe they were working on all aircraft being 757 sized. Interesting reading but perhaps it needs a little review and updating I feel.
