The new Southampton Airport masterplan was publised in July this year.
The plan, which outlines how the airport plans to expand to meet increasing demand, predicts that in 25 years time, passenger numbers will have grown to around 6 million annually, compared to the 1.5 million that currently travel through the airport’s gates every year.
To accommodate this huge growth, the airport will have to expand somewhat, and BAA predicts that to achieve this, 4,000 jobs will be created.