Manston Airport to close

by Matt Falcus
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. (c) James Stuart

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. (c) James Stuart

The UK’s historic Manston Airport – famed for its role in the Battle of Britain, and popular with enthusiasts largely because of its collection of stored and abandoned airliners – has announced it is to close on 15th May.

The airport was bought for £1 last year by an investor who hoped to find a future for the airport. But recently, the only passenger operator at Manston, KLM Cityhopper, withdrew its flights to Amsterdam and the future looked bleak.

Since the airport is losing £10,000 per day, it entered a consultation period about closing and has now announced this date, despite offers from investors and business proposals by staff.

It’s a sad end to Manston, which interestingly has one of the widest runways in the world.

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