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Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an
airport serving the
England city of
Liverpool. Formerly known as
Speke Airport and
RAF Speke, the airport is located adjacent to the estuary of the
River Mersey some 7.5
miles (12 kilometre) south-east of the centre of Liverpool.
In recent years it has been one of
Europe's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 875,000 in 1998 to 4.96 million in 2006. The growth rate was 12.6% in 2006, less than the 31.5% of 2005. 500,000 passengers were handled in one month, for the first time, during May 2007. Parking facilities, although extended, have not kept pace with the demand, and so latest plans are for a new multi-storey car park, which will be able to hold 870 vehicles. In the meantime, the airport is trying to equate demand with capacity by imposing much higher parking charges than apply at its Manchester rival. In June 2007 a new Holiday Inn Express hotel was opened just outside the airport.
History
Speke Airport, as the airport was originally known, started scheduled flights in 1930 (by Imperial Airways via
Barton Aerodrome, to
Croydon Airport, London. However, it was 'officially' opened in the summer of
1933. In the late 1930s, as air traffic from Liverpool was beginning to 'take off' with increasing demand for
Irish Sea crossings, a distinctive passenger terminal, control tower and two large aircraft hangars were built.
During
World War II, the airport was taken over by the Royal Air Force and known as RAF Speke. Rootes Motors built many bombers here, including
Bristol Blenheims and 1070 Handley Page
Halifaxes. Lockheeds assembled many types including Hudsons and
Mustangs, that had been shipped from the USA to Liverpool Docks. Speke was witness to what is thought to be the fastest air to air combat "kill" in the
Battle of Britain and possibly of all time. Squadron Leader Denys Gillam took off in his
Hawker Hurricane from Speke to be confronted by a
Junkers 88 passing across him. As his undercarriage was still retracting he shot the Junkers down. The moment has been caught in a painting by Robert Taylor called "Fastest Victory".
In 1966, a new 7500-foot runway was opened on a new site to the east of the existing airfield. It enabled the airport to be open for business around the clock and is in use to this day. Control of the airport transferred to Merseyside County Council from Liverpool Corporation in the mid
1970s and 10 years later to the five Merseyside councils following the abolition of Merseyside County Council. A new modern passenger terminal, adjacent to the runway on the southern airfield site, opened in 1986, and this was followed by the closure of the original 1930s building.Liverpool John Lennon Airport (
2004).
Liverpool John Lennon Airport History. Retrieved
November 15,
2005.
The original terminal building from the 1930s, famously seen on early television footage with its terraces packed with Beatles fans, was left derelict for over a decade after being replaced in
1986. However it has recently been renovated and adapted to become the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, preserving its Grade II listed
art deco style.Marriott International Inc. (1996-2005).
Liverpool Marriott Hotel South. Retrieved
November 15, 2005.
In 1990 ownership of the airport was privatised, with British Aerospace taking a 76% shareholding in the new company. Subsequently the airport has become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Peel Holdings Ltd. In
2000, work on a £42.5 million modern passenger terminal began, tripling the its size and passenger capacity, and this development was completed in 2002. There have since been further extensions. The airport's strategy is to cater largely for 'low cost' operators, and the terminal layout is consequently rather basic and often requires lengthy open air walks to/from passenger aircraft.
2002 saw the airport being renamed in honour of John Lennon, a founding member of the well-known Liverpool band The Beatles, twenty-two years after Lennon's death. A 7-foot tall bronze statue of the local icon proudly stands overlooking the check-in hall. On the roof is painted the airport's motto, a line from Lennon's song "
Imagine (song)": "Above us, only sky".
In 2005 the
Yellow Submarine (Liverpool), a large-scale work of art that had had various homes around the city, was installed on a traffic island at the entrance to the airport.
The airport was closed at 8.30PM on the
June 30 because a suspicious car was discovered. The incident was believed to be related to the
2007 Glasgow International Airport attackSky News TV Live. The suspicious car was taken away for forensic tests and the airport was reopened at 4.40AM on
July 1Liverpool Daily Post.
Runway upgrades
September 2006 saw the start of the reconstruction of Liverpool's new, southern, runway. The runway was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1966 and this is the first time the runway has been reconstructed (as opposed to resurfaced). In addition to runway and shoulder work is the upgrade of the 40 year old airfield group lighting with a new system, which will upgrade the runway to
ILS Category III standards. Work is also underway on the taxiways, which are being strengthened and resurfaced. Taxiway Delta (the 09 loop) has been slightly reconfigured, while the holding point G is now active again.
Airlines and destinations
Liverpool Airport has a
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P735) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction.
The airport handles both scheduled and charter airline flights. It is currently served by the following airlines:
Scheduled airlines
- easyJet (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn 6 January 2008, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Innsbruck 8 January 2008, Krakow, Lisbon 2 November 2007, Mahon, Madrid, Malaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- EuroManx (Isle of Man)
- Flyglobespan (Toronto-Hamilton)
- Ryanair (Alghero, Alicante, Ancona, Bergerac, Belfast City 30 October 2007, Budapest 31 October 2007, Bydgoszcz 28 October 2007, Carcassonne, Cork, Derry, Dublin, Fredrichshafen, winter 07, Fuerteventura 30 October 2007, Gerona, Granada, Grenoble, Inverness in October, Kaunas in October, Krakow, Limoges, Łódź 29 October 2007,Madrid 30 October 2007, Milan-Bergamo, Murcia, Nimes, Oslo-Torp, Palma Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Reus, Riga, Rome-Ciampino, Salzburg, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Shannon, Stockholm in November, Tenerife South 30 October 2007, Valencia 31 October 2007, Venice-Treviso, Wroclaw)
- Wizz Air (Bucharest-Băneasa, Gdansk, Katowice, Warsaw)
Charter airlines
- AD Aviation (Based Private Charter Airline that severves Liverpool as its main hub and base for its maintinance and operations)
- Air Malta (Malta)
- First Choice Airways (seasonal) Charter Flights (Alicante, Corfu, Dalaman, Palma, Tenerife-South)
- MyTravel Airways (seasonal) Charter Flights (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca, Mahon, Malaga, Monastir, Reina Sofia, Reus)
- Thomsonfly Charter flights (Alicante, Corfu, Faro, Ibiza, Mahon, Tenerife-South)
Cargo airlines
The cargo airline area is served by:
Access
By road, the airport is readily accessible by the M53 motorway,
M56 motorway,
M57 motorway and M62 motorway motorways. The Knowsley Expressway links
Knowsley (village), Prescot and Huyton to
A562 road for fast access.
The airport does not have its own railway station. The nearest station is at
Liverpool South Parkway railway station, from which there are regular bus shuttle services to the airport. The station provides frequent rail services to central Liverpool, Crosby, Merseyside,
Hunts Cross and
Southport, on the suburban
Merseyrail network, together with longer distance direct links to Manchester and Birmingham on the
National Rail network.
There are also regular bus services linking the airport with both Liverpool and Manchester city centres . Taxi services are provided at the airport though this has led to tension between taxi drivers and airport authorities as airport authorities now request that taxi drivers pay them £2,500 a year .
Bibliography
- Liverpool Airport - an Illustrated History. Phil Butler. Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2004. ISBN 0-7524-3168-4.
References
External links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport Consultative Committee
- Information about Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Friends of Liverpool Airport
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Liverpool| elevation-f = 80| elevation-m = 24| website = liverpooljohnlennonairport.com| r1-number = 09/27| r1-length-f = 7,500| r1-length-m = 2,286| r1-surface = [Asphalt at [National Air Traffic Services-->
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an airport serving the England city of
Liverpool. Formerly known as
Speke Airport and
RAF Speke, the airport is located adjacent to the estuary of the
River Mersey some 7.5 miles (12
kilometre) south-east of the centre of Liverpool.
In recent years it has been one of Europe's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 875,000 in 1998 to 4.96 million in 2006. The growth rate was 12.6% in 2006, less than the 31.5% of 2005. 500,000 passengers were handled in one month, for the first time, during May 2007. Parking facilities, although extended, have not kept pace with the demand, and so latest plans are for a new multi-storey car park, which will be able to hold 870 vehicles. In the meantime, the airport is trying to equate demand with capacity by imposing much higher parking charges than apply at its Manchester rival. In June 2007 a new Holiday Inn Express hotel was opened just outside the airport.
History
Speke Airport, as the airport was originally known, started scheduled flights in 1930 (by Imperial Airways via
Barton Aerodrome, to
Croydon Airport, London. However, it was 'officially' opened in the summer of 1933. In the late 1930s, as air traffic from Liverpool was beginning to 'take off' with increasing demand for
Irish Sea crossings, a distinctive passenger terminal, control tower and two large aircraft hangars were built.
During World War II, the airport was taken over by the Royal Air Force and known as
RAF Speke.
Rootes Motors built many bombers here, including Bristol Blenheims and 1070 Handley Page
Halifaxes. Lockheeds assembled many types including Hudsons and Mustangs, that had been shipped from the USA to Liverpool Docks. Speke was witness to what is thought to be the fastest air to air combat "kill" in the
Battle of Britain and possibly of all time. Squadron Leader Denys Gillam took off in his
Hawker Hurricane from Speke to be confronted by a
Junkers 88 passing across him. As his undercarriage was still retracting he shot the Junkers down. The moment has been caught in a painting by Robert Taylor called "Fastest Victory".
In 1966, a new 7500-foot runway was opened on a new site to the east of the existing airfield. It enabled the airport to be open for business around the clock and is in use to this day. Control of the airport transferred to Merseyside County Council from
Liverpool Corporation in the mid
1970s and 10 years later to the five Merseyside councils following the abolition of Merseyside County Council. A new modern passenger terminal, adjacent to the runway on the southern airfield site, opened in
1986, and this was followed by the closure of the original 1930s building.Liverpool John Lennon Airport (
2004).
Liverpool John Lennon Airport History. Retrieved
November 15, 2005.
The original terminal building from the 1930s, famously seen on early television footage with its terraces packed with Beatles fans, was left derelict for over a decade after being replaced in 1986. However it has recently been renovated and adapted to become the
Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, preserving its Grade II listed
art deco style.Marriott International Inc. (1996-2005).
Liverpool Marriott Hotel South. Retrieved November 15,
2005.
In
1990 ownership of the airport was privatised, with British Aerospace taking a 76% shareholding in the new company. Subsequently the airport has become a wholly owned subsidiary of
Peel Holdings Ltd. In 2000, work on a £42.5 million modern passenger terminal began, tripling the its size and passenger capacity, and this development was completed in
2002. There have since been further extensions. The airport's strategy is to cater largely for 'low cost' operators, and the terminal layout is consequently rather basic and often requires lengthy open air walks to/from passenger aircraft.
2002 saw the airport being renamed in honour of John Lennon, a founding member of the well-known Liverpool band
The Beatles, twenty-two years after Lennon's death. A 7-foot tall bronze statue of the local icon proudly stands overlooking the check-in hall. On the roof is painted the airport's motto, a line from Lennon's song "Imagine (song)": "Above us, only sky".
In 2005 the Yellow Submarine (Liverpool), a large-scale work of art that had had various homes around the city, was installed on a traffic island at the entrance to the airport.
The airport was closed at 8.30PM on the
June 30 because a suspicious car was discovered. The incident was believed to be related to the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attackSky News TV Live. The suspicious car was taken away for forensic tests and the airport was reopened at 4.40AM on
July 1Liverpool Daily Post.
Runway upgrades
September 2006 saw the start of the reconstruction of Liverpool's new, southern, runway. The runway was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1966 and this is the first time the runway has been reconstructed (as opposed to resurfaced). In addition to runway and shoulder work is the upgrade of the 40 year old airfield group lighting with a new system, which will upgrade the runway to ILS Category III standards. Work is also underway on the taxiways, which are being strengthened and resurfaced. Taxiway Delta (the 09 loop) has been slightly reconfigured, while the holding point G is now active again.
Airlines and destinations
Liverpool Airport has a
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P735) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flying instruction.
The airport handles both scheduled and charter airline flights. It is currently served by the following airlines:
Scheduled airlines
- easyJet (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn 6 January 2008, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Innsbruck 8 January 2008, Krakow, Lisbon 2 November 2007, Mahon, Madrid, Malaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- EuroManx (Isle of Man)
- Flyglobespan (Toronto-Hamilton)
- Ryanair (Alghero, Alicante, Ancona, Bergerac, Belfast City 30 October 2007, Budapest 31 October 2007, Bydgoszcz 28 October 2007, Carcassonne, Cork, Derry, Dublin, Fredrichshafen, winter 07, Fuerteventura 30 October 2007, Gerona, Granada, Grenoble, Inverness in October, Kaunas in October, Krakow, Limoges, Łódź 29 October 2007,Madrid 30 October 2007, Milan-Bergamo, Murcia, Nimes, Oslo-Torp, Palma Mallorca, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Reus, Riga, Rome-Ciampino, Salzburg, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Shannon, Stockholm in November, Tenerife South 30 October 2007, Valencia 31 October 2007, Venice-Treviso, Wroclaw)
- Wizz Air (Bucharest-Băneasa, Gdansk, Katowice, Warsaw)
Charter airlines
- AD Aviation (Based Private Charter Airline that severves Liverpool as its main hub and base for its maintinance and operations)
- Air Malta (Malta)
- First Choice Airways (seasonal) Charter Flights (Alicante, Corfu, Dalaman, Palma, Tenerife-South)
- MyTravel Airways (seasonal) Charter Flights (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Faro, Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca, Mahon, Malaga, Monastir, Reina Sofia, Reus)
- Thomsonfly Charter flights (Alicante, Corfu, Faro, Ibiza, Mahon, Tenerife-South)
Cargo airlines
The
cargo airline area is served by:
Access
By road, the airport is readily accessible by the
M53 motorway,
M56 motorway,M57 motorway and M62 motorway motorways. The Knowsley Expressway links
Knowsley (village), Prescot and
Huyton to
A562 road for fast access.
The airport does not have its own railway station. The nearest station is at Liverpool South Parkway railway station, from which there are regular bus shuttle services to the airport. The station provides frequent rail services to central Liverpool, Crosby, Merseyside,
Hunts Cross and
Southport, on the suburban
Merseyrail network, together with longer distance direct links to
Manchester and
Birmingham on the National Rail network.
There are also regular bus services linking the airport with both Liverpool and Manchester city centres . Taxi services are provided at the airport though this has led to tension between taxi drivers and airport authorities as airport authorities now request that taxi drivers pay them £2,500 a year .
Bibliography
- Liverpool Airport - an Illustrated History. Phil Butler. Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2004. ISBN 0-7524-3168-4.
References
External links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport Consultative Committee
- Information about Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Friends of Liverpool Airport
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