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New Brunswick airport runway gets extension

New Brunswick Premier David Alward fields a question at the closing news conference on April 29, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

MONCTON, N.B. – Officials at the Greater Moncton International Airport are hoping to generate more business with a newly extended runway.

Premier David Alward is expected to be on hand today for the official opening of the runway, which is now more than 3,000 metres long.

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The longer runway is expected to boost business at the airport by allowing fully loaded cargo aircraft to reach Europe without load and fuel restrictions.

The $24-million project started in May 2012.

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