the arrival of an airport

19:43 Oct 28, 2014 

I don't for a moment doubt all you say; but the fact remains that, linguistically, it just wouldn't mean that — unless, of course, Asker's text has much more serious flaws than are at first apparent ;-)

15:46 Oct 28, 2014 

I was assuming that the text is a (hard-nosed) marketing of the resort, a translation. The lamenting (of noise) in such a text is counterproductive, and probably a mistranslation. Given that the very close airport to Kamari is Santorini (Thira), which has limited capacity but already makes enough noise, presumably, and has been there since the 1970s, the reference to the prospect (would-be arrival) of a larger airport is business wishful-thinking, rather than forty years of wailing about an airport which has already arrived, or fear of one which might expand (pie in the sky, given Greece's economics). Pure inference, and supposition, of course.

06:50 Oct 28, 2014 

Unlikely, I feel: when combined with 'arrival', neither 'lament' or 'rue' would tend to mean 'regret the absence of the arrival'. One might say "Everyone lamented his early demise" — but it doesn't mean they WANTED him to die young!

For it to mean what you suggest, it would need to have been worded something more like "Lament the lack of a larger airport".

06:35 Oct 28, 2014 

here might be meant as in "to rue", and the regret may well be that there isn't a big airport near enough, yet. It is a text praising modern hotels etc, after all.

00:14 Oct 28, 2014 

What is NOT correct is "it's famous black sand..." Should read "its famous black sand... :)

19:34 Oct 27, 2014 

That's a second question.

19:32 Oct 27, 2014 

Thank you for clarification. Now I see that "arrival" is used in the sense of "construction."
I suppose that the use of "there" in the phrase "Kamari there has several new and modern hotels" in the first sentence is also correct.