Hangar rejection 'same as putting out island closed sign'

GUERNSEY could lose a substantial amount of business if controversial plans for a new aircraft hangar are not given the go-head, according to those behind the proposal.

Architect and keen flier Rob Le Page (pictured), who put the plans together, was speaking after some people living in the area expressed concerns about its impact on the environment, on children walking to school and about the noise from the potential development to the west of the Aero Club.

'Private and general aviation is a big earner for Guernsey plc,' he said.

A Chamber of Commerce survey in 2003 stated that those activities brought between £36m. and £40m. a year into the economy, which he thought would by now have doubled.

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