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L'Aéroport Roland Garros et Ile de La Réunion Tourisme renforcent leur partenariatLa Société Aéroportuaire et Ile de La Réunion Tourisme veulent faire du passage à l’aéroport Roland Garros une étape marquante de l’expérience touristique à La Réunion dès la salle d'arrivée. Ils signent ce mardi 24 septembre une convention visant à renforcer leur partenariat. Premier et dernier contact des touristes avec l’île, l’aéroport Roland Garros contribue à la perception globale de la...
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NOUVELLE AEROGARE OUESTL’Aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros a détaillé ce vendredi 13 septembre le calendrier des travaux d’extension de ses installations, dont le chantier majeur est la construction de la Nouvelle Aérogare Ouest. Ce dernier doit s’ouvrir en mai 2020, pour une mise en service du nouveau terminal, dédié aux arrivées, en juillet 2022.
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Rapport d'activité 2018La Société Aéroportuaire vous invite à découvrir son rapport d'activité 2018. Retour sur une année riche en évènements pour l'aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros, qui est devenu le premier aéroport d'Outre-mer en accueillant près de 2,5 millions de passagers. Voir le...
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The first plane
The aviator Marcel Goulette accomplished the first air link between metropolitan France and Reunion Island on 26th November 1929. His Farman landed in a field in the hamlet of Gillot, especially prepared for the occasion. From 1933, the site was used by the Roland Garros flying club.
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The first runway
After the Second World War, flights to and from the island became more organised. The Gillot land became Reunion Island’s airport and a 1 870 m asphalt runway was built.
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The first terminal
The first terminal was built near the sea, in the outskirts of the Maperine quarter.
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The Chamber of Commerce airport operator
The government entrusted the running of the airport to the island’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Air traffic developed between metropolitan France and Reunion Island, via Madagascar.
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The first Boeing
The runway was extended to 2 670 m to allow the landing of four-engined aircraft. The first Air France B 707 landed at Gillot, whose terminal was expanded.
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New terminal
The airport facilities were moved to the south of the runway. The current terminal was built, as well as a cargo terminal and a complex of technical buildings.
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Creation of Air Austral
The Reunion Island company offered medium-haul flights over the Indian Ocean, as well as long-haul flights to metropolitan France from 2003.
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Creation of Réunion Air Assistance
The airport ground services company works with all the airline companies and supplements the services offered by Air France.
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The long runway
A second runway was created. 3 200 m long, it allowed aircraft to take off fully loaded and to fly non-stop to metropolitan France. For its inauguration, on 26th November, the terminal was renamed “Aéroport de Reunion Island Roland Garros” in tribute to the pioneering aviator who was born on Reunion Island.
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New cargo terminal
A new cargo terminal was built on the eastern section of the airport.
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Asia non-stop
Creation of a regular flight between Reunion Island and Asia (Bangkok) operated by Air Austral, firstly through a code sharing agreement with Air Madagascar then under its own brand from 2011.
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The A 380
An Airbus A 380 landed at Reunion Island Roland Garros Airport on 11th November 2009 on a test flight.
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The S.A. Aéroport de Reunion Island
Reunion Island Roland Garros Airport concession was transferred to an airport company made up of the State, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and local authorities. For the first time the airport exceeded the threshold of two million passengers in 2011. Its activity has been growing regularly since the end of the 1980s with the development of competition on the metropolitan France-Reunion Island route, the main component of the traffic.
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New visual identity
Creation and launch of the new visual identity for Reunion Island Roland Garros Airport
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Runways and taxiways
Work began to reinforce and expand runways and taxiways
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The passenger Terminal eastern extension
Start of work on the passenger terminal eastern extension
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Runway and taxiway
Final completion of runway and taxiway reinforcement and shoulder broadening works
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Power plant construction
New backup power plant construction works started west of the airport
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Certification
Airport Company ISO 14001 (Environnement Management) ans ISO 50001 (Energy Management) certified. ISO 9001 certification renewed and extensed to the Freight Terminal
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Opening of the passenger Terminal eastern
Opening of the passenger Terminal eastern extension and delivery of the phase I of the program of investments 2001-2015