UK's Coventry airport has closed down after operating for 90 years, with the final scheduled flights ending today and the site permanently shutting on June 11. The airport was earmarked to become a green energy plant and had been operated as RAF Baginton during World War II. It had operated commercial passenger flights, general aviation, and air ambulance services. The site is to become a £2.5billion battery factory, designed for electric vehicle production, planned to create up to 6,000 jobs.
A UK airport has officially ceased all flights from today as it closes for good after operating for 90 years. Flights from Coventry Airport will end today, while the site will permanently shut on June 11, according to the Civil Aviation Authority .
The site is earmarked to become a new multi-billion-pound green energy plant. The airport first opened in 1936 as Baginton Aerodrome before operating as RAF Baginton during the Second World War. Over the years it ran commercial passenger flights, general aviation and air ambulance services. Passenger flights largely began in the 1950s, taking customers to the Channel Islands.
Hards Travel began operating package holiday flights in the 1980s to destinations such as France, Spain and Italy. In the noughties it hosted Thomsonfly and Wizz Air flights to a number of destinations across Europe - but since 2008, there have been no scheduled passenger flights, amid competition with nearby Birmingham Airport.
Flights from Coventry Airport will end today, while the site will permanently shut on June 11, according to the Civil Aviation Authority The airport was bought by its current owners The Rigby Group in 2010 and last year a public-private joint venture with Coventry City Council was announced to turn the site into GreenPower Park. Plans for GreenPower Park will see the site turned into a £2.5billion battery factory designed for electric vehicle production, expecting to create up to 6,000 jobs.
Jim O'Boyle, the former councillor responsible for jobs and regeneration at the local authority, said: 'What we want to see are thousands of jobs created here, giving the area an economic lift.
' Mr O'Boyle, who has served on the council since 2007, lost his seat in the recent local elections to the Green Party. The GreenPower Park is described on the project's website as a 'place where like-minded businesses can collaborate, innovate and scale next generation technologies'.
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