Official opening for Southampton runway extension on 21st September
The first plane has taken off from the newly extended runway at Southampton airport. The extension will allow larger planes, to more destinations, for more passengers. They will largely be people flying abroad on holidays. The runway extension was fiercely opposed, but finally upheld by the Court of Appeal. Construction of the extension began in April 2023. An official opening will take place on September 21st. Tweet Southampton Airport: Runway extension to ‘unlock potential’ 16th August 2023By Maya George @journo_maya (Daily Echo) The first plane that has taken flight from Southampton Airport’s runway extension marks the ‘unlocking of potential’ in the area, according to Eastleigh’s MP. An Eastern Airways flight to Paris departed at 6.41am on Tuesday morning, making it the first aircraft to use the extension. The landmark flight landed in Paris Orly at 8.48am. Speaking on the flight leaving from the extension, Paul Holmes said: “I have
