Plans for more hangars at Jersey Airport

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Ports of Jersey – who run the airport – have submitted plans to build three new hangars.

The £10 million scheme is being described as a “significant landmark project’.

It’s claimed the extra space is needed to meet an increasing demand for hangarage space from both local and visiting aircraft owners.

If approved the hangars, designed by Sprung, a Canadian firm, will be built on the western part of the runway. They’ll have a combined area of almost 65,000 square feet – about the size of one and a half football pitches.

A local contractor will be appointed to work alongside a technical consultant from Sprung and it’s expected the work will take about two months.

Corporate & General Aviation Development Manager for Ports of Jersey, Lee McConnell, says, “This significant investment by Ports of Jersey is sending a positive message to the global business jet market of our increasing confidence in the corporate aviation industry, which can only improve our credibility and visibility internationally in this forum, which in turn will attract more inward investment, aviation activity and local aviation sector job growth”.

He goes on to say, “We currently have a strong foundation of private aircraft based in Jersey, some of which are looking for new facilities. We also benefit from the Island’s strategic and geographical location within two of Europe’s busiest aviation traffic zones for corporate jet traffic, namely Paris and London, and may attract additional off-island aircraft also using our facilities as a stop off location for hangarage and fuel services”.