Airports in the Balearic Islands - Palma de Mallorca Airport, Ibiza Airport, Menorca Airport, San Luis Aerodrome, Son Bonet Aerodrome (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Palma de Mallorca Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Palma de Mallorca Airport, August 2008The history of Palma de Mallorca airport began in the 1920s, where seaplanes were used to post services to the other Balearic Islands. A flat area of ground next to Son Sant Joan was then used in the 1930s for flight routes to other areas in Spain. A private Aerodome was also set up. 1n 1938, Palma de Mallorca airport started being used for military aviation, where Iberia and Lufthansa established new routes to the military base. In 1954, Palma de Mallorca's runway was extended and asphalted, and also had brand new taxiways and aprons added near it. This made the airport able to serve more airlines and more types of aircraft. The increase in traffic in 1958 led to a new terminal to be constructed, and made the air base into a large passenger airport. A new large apron was also built. The new airport opened to domestic and international traffic on 7 July 1960. Just two weeks later, expansion to the aerodome was planned,including the extension of the runway and taxiway. At the end of the year, more plans were made, including a power plant, a communications centre and fire and rescue facilities. After reaching 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962, 1n 1965, a new terminal was constructed, and air navigation services were completed at the end of the following year. Also in 1965, a smaller terminal which today is terminal B was planned to be built, due to passenger numbers increasing rapidly, reaching 2 million in 1965. A second runway was also to be built. It was to be built parallel to the existing one, and work began on it in 1970. Two years later, terminal B went into service, and the second runway opened in 1974. In 1... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3313458