THE old Jersey Airlines hangar at the Airport will be demolished, if planning permission is given.
Ports of Jersey has applied to knock down the large structure, one of the oldest buildings at the Airport, which sits to the north of the main car park.
Hangar 4 was built in 1958, originally for the storage of aircraft.
The 74m-long, 55m-wide building was subsequently used as an engineering base for several airlines, including Air UK and JEA, and is now used as an equipment store.
It is proposed that the hangar be brought down to its concrete base. The demarcation between “landside” and the secure “airside” zones at the Airport currently runs through the hangar, so Ports has proposed erecting a new fence when the building is demolished and repositioning the existing fence to the east.
The Airport Fire Service station to the north of the hangar will be retained.
In order to store the equipment which is currently housed in the hangar, Ports is proposing siting two prefabricated modular units on Stand 14, which is off the south-east corner of the John Le Fondré departures hall and is currently used as an open-air equipment holding area.
Unlike the nearby 1937 building, Hangar 4 is not listed.
