Airports
New French business aviation airport
A new business aviation airport has opened, albeit modestly, in western France.

A new business aviation airport has opened, albeit modestly, in western France. The site, at Scaer-Guiscriff, is located between the cities of Saint Brieuc and Lorient in western Brittany, France’s westernmost region.

The area’s name in Brittany’s Celtic language is unpronounceable by most foreigners–and a mouthful even to French people–so the airport has been named Bretagne-Atlantique (Brittany Atlantic). The area surrounding the airport is undeveloped residentially, and the airport is open 24 hours a day. A self-serve delivery system makes jet fuel available 24/7. The airport’s runway has been lengthened to 4,920 feet at a cost of $3.75 million, opening the field to transatlantic business-jet traffic. The local authorities have set aside an area of about 74 acres to attract distribution and logistics companies to the site.

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