Airport invests £¼m in snow clearing equipment
09.10.11
Newcastle Airport has made a £250,000 investment in specialist snow clearing equipment to keep its flights moving this winter. The ultra-modern fleet used for clearing and making runways safe will be crucial if the airport is hit by the same icy blasts as last year. Forecasters are already predicting that parts of Britain could see snow before the end of this month !
The airport has added two snow cutters to disperse the snow banks from the runway edge that arise when snow ploughs clear the runways to its fleet. This is not quite the £34.2m investment Heathrow has made in snow clearing equipment and staff so far this year, but then Newcastle was not closed for as long as Heathrow last winter.
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