Back in 1993/4, I actually designed an airport for my GCSE design and technology project…..and it was before computers were common place in many homes, so I did it by hand. What fun it was too!!
My airport was called “Salisbury International Airport”, to be built on Salisbury Plains, as I couldn’t think of any other reasonable sized parts of the country to build on in the south of England. Bristol airport would have been closed in order to make it viable and to avoid air traffic congestion. It was to be an alternative to the congested London area and to stop people having to travel to the otherside of the country to fly to a variety of locations. I even gave it its own airport designator code of “SLS”.
The most exotic airline that I had flying there was Ecuatoriana from Quito via somewhere en route using the A310 aircraft.
Most charter airlines from the UK were to fly there and a lot of international and European carriers too.
However, if I had the chance to do it again, my choices would be as follows……..
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Three terminals.
Terminal 1 = European and domestic traffic
Terminal 2 = Charter and low cost traffic
Terminal 3 = Intercontinental traffic
Terminal One
Flybe A319/DHC Q8-400- BHD, GLA, EDI, LBA, NCL, JER, GCI, CDG, TLS, MRS, BOD, SZG, DUB, DND
BMI British Midland/Lufthansa/SAS (codeshare) – BRU, FRA, HAM, BRE, MUC, SXF, NUE, STR, ARN, GOT, OSL, CPH, BLL
British Airways/Iberia/Finnair/Aer Lingus/Swiss (codeshare) – MAD, BCN, AGP, ALC, XRY, SCQ, SVQ, BIO, VLC, HEL, DUB, ORK, SNN, NOC, GVA, ZRH, BSL, LIS, OPO, FAO, ATH, SKG, MLA, FCO, LIN, NAP, VIE, FRA, HAM, MUC, SXF, OSL, CPH, ARN, CDG, BFS, GLA, EDI, NCE, TLS, TIP, AGA, RAK, CAI, LCA, PFO, BUD, OTP, WAW, KRK, PRG, AMS, BRU, RYK, DME, SPU
Terminal Two
easyJet B737NG- BFS, GLA, EDI, NCL, LPL, NWI, MME, PRG, BUD, GVA, ZRH, MUC, SXF, AMS, CPH, LYS, PMI, IBZ, AGP, ALC, BCN, MAD, BIO, FAO, NAP, BGY, PMO, MLA, ATH, LJU
Air Polonia B734- WAW, KRK, POZ
Sky Europe B735- BUD, BTS, PRG
Wizz Air A320- KTW, BUD, RIX, VNO, TLL
Monarch Scheduled – AGP, ALC, FAO, MJV, BCN, GIB, PMI, MAH, IBZ, TFS, TFN, LPA, ACE, HER, CHQ, LCA, PFO, CFU (with a fleet of 5 based A319s)
Monarch Airlines (charter) A320/A321/B757/A330 – AGP, ALC, FAO, REU, GRO, PMI, MAH, IBZ, VCE, ATH, HER, CHQ, LCA, PFO, RHO, SKG, JSI, FNC, LXR, SSH, BJL, GOI, HKT, MLE, MBA, ACE, FUE, TFS, LPA, MIR, MLA, TLS, NCE, SZG, INN, SFB, BGI, GND, CUN, MCO/ TLV etc
Thomas Cook Airlines B757 and A330/ MyTravel B757, A321 and A330/ FlyJet B757/ Astraeus B737 – similar to Monarch destinations.
Terminal Three
American Airlines/ British Airways/ Cathay Pacific/ Qantas (codeshare) – ORD, JFK, EWR, BOS, SFO, LAX, CPT, GIG, EZE, SYD, BNE, DEL, HKG etc
Continental – IAH
Virgin Atlantic – SFO, LAX, EWR, JFK, SIN, HKG
Plus – Emirates/ Air Canada/ Aeroflot/ PIA/ Singapore Airlines/ Air New Zealand/ Delta Airlines/ JAL etc
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Cargo Airlines – UPS and DHL
Airport able to handle A380.
No FR or XLA :rolleyes:
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