Kent International Airport

“As a result 20 acres of Manston Court Farm were taken over in early 1916, initially as a night-landing ground only. The first recorded operational use was on the night of March 19 1916 after a take-off from Westgate. Manston was officially regarded as ...

TWO road signs put in place at the Lord of the Manor roundabout, Ramsgate, but can you spot what is wrong? Both are displaying directions for Kent International Airport, complete with image of an aircraft, despite the closure of Manston airport almost ...

Conservative North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale has described the contents of a Department of Transport letter “neither news nor surprising”. The letter was sent to the chairman of the former Kent international airport consultative committee. It was ...

In 1989 it was renamed Kent International Airport, and in the years that followed Dan-Air, Yugoslavian carrier Aviogenex, Aspro Holidays, Irish airline EUjet, Monarch, BMI and Flybe were among the firms to operate there. Two museums, the RAF Manston ...

The village, which includes Kent International Airport, received the highest rainfall in the country. Low pressure coming up from France was blamed for the thunder and lightning that struck across the South East, causing a "deeply unstable air mass ...

That may be less true today, given the inexplicable, and in my view deplorable, decision to close Manston International Airport in Kent. Scottish businesswoman Ann Gloag bought the airport for just £1. Now she will be able to sell it, allegedly for ...