Coventry Airport in the British Midlands wants to erect a new terminal building capable of handling up to one million passengers per year. Steve Guynan, company secretary for freight carrier Air Atlantique and Coven-try Airport, said, ``As soon as we get the go-ahead our aim is to get the terminal up and running as soon as possible, which hopefully will be next year. We are hopeful and confident that given the explosion of low-cost carriers around, that maybe one or more will find Coventry a welcoming home.''

Just over a year ago, the U.K.'s Menzies Aviation Group set itself the target of opening 25 Execair-branded FBOs in Europe by 2003. So far the company has set up a dozen FBOs in Europe and one at Sao Paulo, Brazil. A corporate operation at St. Maarten in the Dutch Antilles should open by year-end. Additionally during the past year, the company refurbished its FBOs at Glasgow, Scotland, and Dublin, Ireland, and built new facilities at Shannon, Ireland, and Bournemouth, England, and hopes to upgrade the rest of its FBOs in 2003.

Air Nippon Network is the name given to Japan's newest stand-alone regional airline set up by parent Air Nippon (ANK). The regional is being equipped with three 56-seat Bombardier Q300s, the second of which was just delivered. The first aircraft, based at Haneda Airport, is already in service and flying several short routes to Oshima and Miyakejima. The newly arrived second Q300 is based at Sapporo on Hokkaido in northern Japan, and the third aircraft will also be based at Sapporo.