Aircraft hangar

for airport

Rubb lands prestigious order for EasyJet aircraft hangar system EasyJet selected Rubb Buildings Ltd to design, manufacture and construct their new top-flight hangar facility at Gatwick Airport. Europe’s leading airline EasyJet asked Rubb Buildings Ltd to provide a twin span hangar measuring 91.5m wide x 60m long. The structure measures 9.2m to the eaves and 16.8m to apex of each span. Each front gable measures 45.7m wide and features a 41m wide x 13.5m vertical lifting fabric door. The hot dip galvanized steel frame is clad with 150mm thick Thermohall insulated fabric and the structure is located at Gatwick Airport, near London, UK. The facility will deliver 5200sq m of usable working floorspace. A full LED lighting system, ventilation system and LPG heating system will be installed. To complete the build two sets of vertical lifting ‘Megadoor’ hangar doors were fitted to allow access to the two A321 bay facility. The hangar is complimented by a 550sqm external logistics and office building. Building commenced in November 2015 and the process included fitting 8,700m² of PVC membrane.