FBO and Hangar Project Proposed at Belfast

Belfast-based private aircraft handling agent Jet Assist has submitted a proposal to build a 44,000-sq-ft hangar and a 22,000-sq-ft office block at Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. The two-door hangar would be large enough to accommodate a 767 and would include FBO facilities to support based and transient business aircraft. Subject to final approval and planning permission, the new facility could be open by summer 2017. Jet Assist says it has received considerable interest, even from owners in Dublin and the UK mainland, which it attributes to the competitive parking and landing fees at Belfast, as well as to the levels of support promised by the new facility.