Belfast International Airport
Other Business Names:
- Northern Ireland Airports Ltd
- Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
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Transport services
Airport services
Notes:
Traces origins to c1918 when opened at Aldergrove. Passenger flights took place briefly in 1933 but a military airfield until 1959 when designated Northern Ireland's new civil airport and opened as such in 1963. Transferred from DTI to Northern Ireland Government in 1971, held by Northern Ireland Transport Holding Co and managed by Northern Ireland Airports Ltd. 1994 privatised through management buy out by Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd. 1996 acquired by TBI Plc.
Publications:
- Aviation in Ulster by Corlett, John
- Belfast International Airport by Workman, W J
- Belfast International Airport. Aviation at Aldergrove since 1918 by Warner, Guy, & Jack Woods
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Northern Ireland Airports Ltd
- Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belfast, Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Sectors:
- Transport services Airport services
Notes:
Traces origins to c1918 when opened at Aldergrove. Passenger flights took place briefly in 1933 but a military airfield until 1959 when designated Northern Ireland's new civil airport and opened as such in 1963. Transferred from DTI to Northern Ireland Government in 1971, held by Northern Ireland Transport Holding Co and managed by Northern Ireland Airports Ltd. 1994 privatised through management buy out by Belfast International Airport Holdings Ltd. 1996 acquired by TBI Plc.Publications:
- Aviation in Ulster by Corlett, John
- Belfast International Airport by Workman, W J
- Belfast International Airport. Aviation at Aldergrove since 1918 by Warner, Guy, & Jack Woods