UK airport that's 'best in the world' to get £17m update in 'significant milestone'

The airdrome volition person a large update to its runway which volition beryllium resurfaced (Image: Getty Images)

A UK airport that's been dubbed the "best successful the world" is having a large upgrade successful 1 of the north’s biggest infrastructure updates this year.

The £17 cardinal strategy volition spot the Newcastle Airport's runway beryllium resurfaced, with nary planned disruption to the formation schedule.

Alongside the runway resurfacing project, a further £3m volition beryllium invested this wintertime to heighten the airport’s departure lounge acquisition and the retail outlets.

Most of the enactment volition beryllium carried retired overnight and the effect of the works volition assistance to supply planetary connectivity. Works began connected November 4 and volition proceed until March 2025.

Nick Jones, main enforcement astatine the award-winning airport, said: “The £17 cardinal task to resurface the runway volition people a important milestone successful the airport’s history."

Over the people of the project, 32,750 tonnes of caller materials volition beryllium laid implicit an country the size of 22 shot pitches.

The airport aims to scope its extremity of Net Zero by 2035.

Mr Jones added: "It volition not lone widen the wide lifespan of the runway and guarantee we proceed to supply captious connectivity for the North East region, but it volition besides enactment the airport’s aboriginal maturation and our semipermanent sustainability goals.

“The task has been cautiously planned and we person worked intimately with our airlines, section councils and concern partners to guarantee the airdrome volition proceed to run arsenic normal.”

The airport was precocious named the ‘Best successful the World’ astatine the World Routes Conference 2024 and retained the planetary ‘Best Airport’ grant successful the zero to 5 cardinal passengers class for the 2nd twelvemonth running.

The upgrade volition beryllium a important improvement to the airdrome (Image: Getty Images)

Chris Wright, contracting manager for operation institution Tarmac who is starring the project, said: “Having worked successful concern with the airport’s teams for galore years we recognise the value of this important concern programme and are afloat committed to moving collaboratively to execute the programme’s goals.

“Much attraction has been placed connected the elaborate enactment docket designed to optimise the ratio of the transportation programme.”