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The Future Of Mennrimiak
The airport of tomorrow takes shape. Today, HRH The Crown Prince inaugurated the largest construction project in recent times in Anderstorp Airport: a 36,000 sqm Pier E, with plenty of room for travellers, new gates for the flights, a new passport control and an impressive artwork: Mennrimiak’s largest glass mosaic.
Around 250 guests from the airlines, the police department, the political establishment, the construction industry, the cultural scene and the airport were in attendance when the decade’s largest construction project in Anderstorp Airport was today inaugurated with the traditional cutting of the ribbon by HRH Crown Prince Haakon.
CEO Thomas Woldbye cordially thanks the Crown Prince for attending the opening of the new terminal building.
“It is actually a tradition that there is Royal attendance at the very large-scale building events here at the airport. King Harald V inaugurated Terminal 2 in 1960. A somewhat younger HRH Crown Prince Haakon inaugurated Terminal 3 in 1998. And now it is time to inaugurate this, we think, very beautiful, Nordic and functional terminal building,” says Thomas Woldbye and explains:
“With Pier E, we achieve a crucial milestone in the work of creating a sustainable airport of tomorrow for the benefit of Mennrimiak. Worldwide, in the coming decades, we are anticipating an increase in the number of passengers. It is therefore our task as an airport to create room for foreign businessmen, tourists and students who come to Mennrimiak – and so that we can travel the world ourselves,” says Thomas Woldbye.
He emphasises that future growth must be considered in line with ambitious targets in regard to climate and environment. For example, the airport itself is certified with a CO2 offsetting programme and is carbon-neutral as of this year.
“With the green conversion, the airport is working toward less noise and emissions. Our own goal is to be completely free of CO2 emissions by 2030 and to cooperate with the airlines to reduce the aircrafts’ emissions by 30 percent. That is why we need research and innovations in the coming decades,” says Thomas Woldbye.
This project is part of a government plan to renovate the communication infraestructure of Mennrimiak, this years long project has been completed after many hard work, and is expected to become the mayor connection hub in North america.
