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Manchester Airport has embarked on a 60 million pounds sterling development project that includes a futuristic building, Metrolink facilities, bus and coach station, a 7,400 office development and expansion of heavy rail facilities. The interchange will provide travellers arriving at the airport by bus, coach or train with a remote check-in facility from where they can walk to the main terminal buildings. Manchester Airport has hired Mott MacDonald as its lead consultant, to be responsible for all civil, structural, geotechnical and transportatio aspects.
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Belfast's major airports have announced expansion plans in a bid to seize a larger share of the region's air traffic. Belfast International plans to build a second terminal to raise its annual capacity to 5 million passengers. TBI, which bought the airport in 1996, intends to invest as much as GBP100 million to develop the airport's other facilities between 1999 and 2003. Belfast City airport, meanwhile, plans to spend GBP30 million ($50 million) for its terminal development program.
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BAA, the UK-based airport operator, took over an $8 million fire training simulator built by UK-based IFTE under a $2.4 million contract. The 300- tonne simulator is a full-size replica of a Boeing 747 with a McDonnel Douglas MD11 tail engine. It can simulate 13 interior fires and 13 exterior fires, allowing the airport fire service to train within a realistic context.
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