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Airports - March April 2015

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18 Belfast International<br />

The primary airport serving much of<br />

Northern Ireland is Belfast International.<br />

Paul B Anderson discovers it is striving<br />

to increase its range of destinations.<br />

24 Saipan – Asia’s Corfu<br />

Marco Finelli travels to the Western<br />

Pacific and visits a paradise with a<br />

very violent past – Saipan, one of the<br />

Mariana Islands.<br />

38 Resurgent Lille<br />

Lille Airport is bouncing back after<br />

a period of decline as it fights for its<br />

place in the highly competitive Franco-<br />

Belgian border region of Northeast<br />

France. Yinka Jan Sojinu investigates.<br />

54 La Paz – Holding<br />

the High Ground<br />

Sebastian Schmitz visits the world’s<br />

highest international airport – El Alto<br />

in La Paz, Bolivia.<br />

60 Island Delight<br />

Kevan James journeys to the Channel<br />

Island of Guernsey and discovers its<br />

well-equipped airport is eager to<br />

welcome more visitors from the UK<br />

and Europe.<br />

66 Mongolia Gateway<br />

Sebastian Schmitz heads east to<br />

Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and its<br />

Chinggis Khan International Airport,<br />

which is soon to be replaced by a new,<br />

larger facility<br />

78 Ecuadorian<br />

Swansong<br />

Sebastian Schmitz reports from<br />

Guayaquil’s José Joaquín de Olmedo<br />

International Airport as it enters its final<br />

decade before replacement by a new<br />

out-of-town facility.<br />

74 Abu Dhabi

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