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Manchester Airport opened in 1938 funded by Manchester Corporation, and has remained in public ownership ever since.It is the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow and Gatwick, and is fractionally busier than Stansted (see Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic).
Heathrow Airport Holdings is a company that operates and manages Heathrow Airport based in London, England. It was formed by the privatisation of the British Airports Authority as BAA plc [ 2 ] as part of Margaret Thatcher 's privatisation of government-owned assets, and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index .
An airport authority is an entity responsible for the operation and oversight of an airport or group of airports. [1] The Airports Council International is the world trade association of airport authorities. [ 2 ]
In 2016, Dubai Airports started working on the expansion of the Al Maktoum International Airport, from 66,107 to 145,926 sq metres. [ 2 ] In 2017, Dubai Airports started implementing two 3,600 square metres modular data center facilities that bring data availability up to 99.82% (only 95 minutes of maximum annual downtime).
Hangar No. 1 was the first structure at LAX, built in 1929 and restored in 1990. It remains in use. [13]In 1926, the Los Angeles City Council and the Chamber of Commerce recognized the need for the city to have its own airport to tap into the fledgling, but quickly growing, aviation industry.
Auckland Airport consists of two terminals; the International Terminal and the Domestic Terminal. [32] The two terminals are located approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) apart and are connected by a free shuttle bus service and a signposted walkway. The airport has 65 gates in total, 23 with jetbridges and 42 remote stands for aircraft parking.
AGS Airports Limited is the United Kingdom-based owner of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports.It was formed in September 2014 by Ferrovial and Macquarie Group.. In January 2025, it was announced that AviAlliance had completed its acquisition of the firm for £1.53 billion, as well as citing that Kam Jandu had been appointed as its new CEO.
Airport ownership and operation ... (2008) Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure (University of Chicago Press, 2008).