Business Airport International
  • News
    • Accreditation
    • Aircraft
    • Airports
    • Charter
    • Construction
    • FBOs
    • Fuel
    • IT & Software
    • MRO
    • Partnerships
    • Passenger Experience
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
  • Features
  • Online Magazines
    • March / April 2025
    • Dec 2024 / Jan 2025
    • October 2024
    • July 2024
    • March / April 2024
    • Dec 2023 / Jan 2024
    • September / October 2023
    • Archive Issues
    • Subscribe Free!
  • Opinion
  • Videos
  • Supplier Spotlight
  • Surveys
  • Jobs
    • Browse Industry Jobs
    • Post a Job – It’s FREE!
    • Manage Jobs (Employers)
  • Events
LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter)
LinkedIn YouTube
Subscribe to Magazine Subscribe to Email Newsletter Media Pack
Business Airport International
  • News
      • Accreditation
      • Aircraft
      • Airports
      • Charter
      • Construction
      • FBOs
      • Fuel
      • IT & Software
      • MRO
      • Partnerships
      • Passenger Experience
      • Sustainability
      • Technology
  • Features
  • Online Magazines
    1. March / April 2025
    2. Dec 2024 / Jan 2025
    3. October 2024
    4. July 2024
    5. March / April 2024
    6. Dec 2023 / Jan 2024
    7. September / October 2023
    8. July 2023
    9. Archive Issues
    10. Subscribe Free!
    Featured
    2nd April 2025

    In this Issue – March / April

    Online Magazines By Paige Smith
    Recent

    In this Issue – March / April

    2nd April 2025

    In this Issue – December / January 2025

    19th December 2024

    In this Issue – October 2024

    10th October 2024
  • Opinion
  • Videos
  • Suppliers
    • Supplier Spotlight
    • Press Releases
  • Surveys
  • Jobs
    • Browse Industry Jobs
    • Post a Job – It’s FREE!
    • Manage Jobs (Employers)
  • Events
LinkedIn YouTube
Business Airport International
Airports

Farnborough Airport to build $47 million third hangar as flight recovery takes hold

Ben SampsonBy Ben Sampson11th February 20223 Mins Read
Share LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Email

Construction work is to start later this year on a third hangar at Farnborough Airport, UK, as it sees a significant and sustained rise in flight activity.

Hangar 3 is a £35 million (US$47 million) 175,000 square foot development which will have four temperature-controlled bays and will be located on the south side of the airfield opposite the terminal. Local authorities gave the go-ahead to the new hangar, which is expected to be complete in 2024 last month and construction is expected to begin in June.

The Airport’s existing hangars offer 240,000 square feet of space to fit up to BBJ and Airbus aircraft size. Farnborough has around 56 based aircraft and is one of the largest bases for NetJets in Europe.

The new hangar will meet the BREEAM “very good” environmental rating standard, meaning it will be within the top 25% of non-domestic buildings for sustainability performance.

“Our hangarage is one of our key attributes. A lot of our clients want to store their aircraft inside. We are building the hangar to some of the highest environmental ratings possible in construction,” said CEO of Farnborough Airport Simon Geere at a briefing this week.

The Airport saw a significant dip in flights during the pandemic, falling from 32,366 traffic movements in 2019, a record high for Farnborough, to 19,952 during 2020. This rose back to 26,003 flights during 2021, 80% of 2019’s traffic.

The last six months have seen “the highest level of activity ever month-on-month” said Geere, who bullishly predicted a return to pre pandemic levels of flights for 2022 at the briefing. “I expect this year to be closer to 2019 levels if not exceeding 2019,” he said.

“We firmly believe business aviation airports will recover much more strongly than commercial. If the strategy is right than its very possible airports like Farnborough will then hold their position and continue to grow strongly.”

“We are 100% dedicated and tailored to the needs of business aviation from the bottom up. There is no commercial, general aviation or cargo flights here,” he added.

Geographically 90% of Farnborough’s traffic is short haul with Europe and 10% long haul from the USA and Middle East, based on 2019 numbers.

Although the demand for short haul in business aviation has accelerated strongly over the last six years, Geere still expects longer range and heavier markets to grow strongly: “Our expectation is for heavier aircraft and for the longer haul to grow faster than the shorter haul, based on 2019 data, the last normal year,” he said.

“But I wouldn’t expect the split between short and long haul to change dramatically apart from aircraft getting larger and heavier over time, which may open up more longer haul markets,” Geere said.

Meanwhile, Farnborough Airport has signed an MoU with nearby eVTOL aircraft Developer, Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace, to investigate the possibility of operating air taxi flights from the airport

Geere said, “We want to understand the opportunities for an airport like Farnborough in terms of servicing and providing this type of product to our customers, particularly around improving connections and getting people off the road.”

Share. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email
Previous ArticleUniversal Aviation Singapore earns IS-BAH Stage 3 accreditation
Next Article Rolls-Royce and private aviation firm Luxaviation to develop vertiports
Ben Sampson

Ben has worked all of his career as a journalist and now editor, covering almost all aspects of technology, engineering and industry. In the last 20 years he has written on subjects from nuclear submarines and autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies and commercial aviation. Latterly editor of a leading engineering magazine, he brings an eye for a great story and lots of experience to the team.

Related Posts

The Air Charter Association is hosting its Air Charter Forum conference at EBACE25 at Palexpo, Geneva
News

The Air Charter Association debuts its Air Charter Forum conference at EBACE

9th May 20252 Mins Read
Saudi Arabia officially opens domestic aviation market to international charter flight operators
News

Saudi Arabia officially opens domestic aviation market to international charter flight operators

2nd May 20252 Mins Read
Heritage Aviation and Avfuel Corporation have announce the introduction of SAF to Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport
News

Heritage Aviation and Avfuel bring SAF to KBTV

29th April 20252 Mins Read
Latest Posts

EBACE 2025: David Buritica, Signature Aviation

22nd May 2025
BBGA is the first European national association to join the advocacy initiative

BBGA joins CLIMBING. FAST.

22nd May 2025
Jet Aviation has completed a full renovation of its FBO in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Jet Aviation completes renovation of Rotterdam FBO

22nd May 2025
Partner Content
Johanna Echeto, general manager, LZU

Q&A: Johanna Echeto, general manager, Sheltair, Gwinnett County Airport

29th April 2025
Supplier Spotlights
Our Social Channels
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
Getting in Touch
  • Subscribe to Magazine
  • Meet the Writers
  • Contact Us
  • Media Pack
Related Topics
  • Aircraft Interiors
  • Air Traffic Technology
  • Aerospace Testing
  • Business Jet Interiors
FREE WEEKLY NEWS EMAIL!

Get the 'best of the week' from this website direct to your inbox every Tuesday


© 2023 Mark Allen Group Ltd | All Rights Reserved
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.