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Kent International Airport – Manston Master Plan
Kent International Airport – Manston Master Plan 3. Our Past and Present Our History Aircraft activity began at Manston in 1915 when military aircraft used the site for emergency landings, and shortly after it was established as an Admiralty Aerodrome. Soon after this the Operational War Flight Command and the Handley Page Training School were established. Our airfield was extensively used during World War II, notably to test bouncing bombs at Reculver and by Hawker Typhoon and Meteor squadrons. The airport was also the set off point for the famous Channel Dash mission. Its location in East Kent meant it was critical during wartime operations as the first airport available for damaged aircraft returning home from Europe. In the 1950s the United States Air Force (USAF) used Manston as a Strategic Air Command base for its fighter and fighterbomber units. The USAF withdrew from Manston in 1960 and the airfield became a joint civilian and RAF airport. From 1989 Manston became known as Kent International Airport and a new terminal was officially opened that year. In 1998 the Ministry of Defence announced plans to sell off RAF Manston. carried 62,709 passengers. If the airline’s operations had been continued, this would have equated to approximately 753,000 passengers per annum. Importantly these relatively high passenger numbers were achieved over the winter period, which is normally quieter than the summer period. Infrastructure was developed at the airport to support this growth; however, in July 2005 all EUJet operations were suspended along with all non-freight operations because of financial difficulties with the airport and airline’s operating company. The airport was purchased by Infratil in August 2005 and since then we have been actively improving basic infrastructure and facilities. Our airport is now equipped with safe, compliant and reliable systems and equipment. Our airport is equipped with a range of facilities. Upgrades have been made to a number of these including airfield radar, high and low voltage electricity systems, back-up electricity generators, airfield ground lighting, rescue fire equipment and others. Flight path monitoring and recording is not a requirement but is likely to be introduced as traffic volumes increase. 3. Our Past and Present In 2004 works began to make our airport a low cost airline hub and Irish airline EUJet began scheduled flights in September 2004 to a number of destinations across the UK. EUJet operated flights from Sept 2004 until July 2005 and in their busiest month Current Passenger and Freight Volumes Our airport has not had significant passenger traffic since EUJet flew over 400,000 passengers from Kent in 2004 / 2005. Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline launched 29
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