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A HUGE new airport will be opening in a unique seaside city in Europe by 2029. A brand-new international airport is currently being built in the Arctic Circle in Norway , according to Avinor - the country's state-owned airport operator. As reported by the Global Construction Review , construction work Bodø Airport, the long-awaited Arctic Circle airport, started at the end of last year.

New Bodø Airport is being built to free-up an area of land closer to the city centre for an urban development. It means New Bodø Airport will replace Bodø Airport as the city's main travel hub when it opens to passengers in 2029. The new airport will be located around 900m south of the airport's current site.



Earlier today, it was confirmed that Swedish construction group Ratos will build the Arctic Circle airport . Meanwhile, Swedish building firm Peab slated to build the airport's runway, taxiways and parking spaces. A 25,00sqm terminal will be built as part of the project as well as other operational buildings.

Other specific details about the project, including any airport features and flight routes, have yet to be revealed. It is thought that New Bodø Airport will cost $720million (£564million) to build. When the airport opens in 2029, it will be able to handle up to 2.

3million passengers every year. A spokesperson for Anivor said: "The current airport will remain operational until the day before the new airport opens for operations." At the end of last year, Abraham Foss, Avinor’.

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