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Bournemouth Airport
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{{Airport title|name=Bournemouth Airport|}}
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IATA=BOH|
ICAO=EGHH|
type=Public|
run by=
Manchester Airport Group|
closest town=Bournemouth|
elevation_ft=38|
elevation_m=12|
coordinates={{coor dms|50|46|48|N|01|50|33|W|type:airport}}
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runway_angle=08/26|
runway_length_f=7,451|
runway_length_m=2,271|
runway_surface=Asphalt|
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'''Bournemouth International Airport''' {{Airport codes|BOH|EGHH}} is an airport about 8 km north east of
Bournemouth,
England. The
airport is mostly used by
Charter airline charter airlines, and sometimes it serves as an alternative to London's major airports. Flights from the airport serve
Italy,
France,
Spain,
Holland,
Greece,
Turkey,
Egypt, the
United States and a number of other countries.
History
Bournemouth International Airport's facilities were first built when the
British Aircraft Corporation began to operate from what was then known as
Hurn Airport. The company also built the airport's first runway, to perform flight tests on their aircraft. With the creation of the
BAC-111, the company's test runways had to be expanded.
Nearly all
Vickers Viscounts &
1-11s were built at this this site and it is to be remembered that the Viscount was so common in the 1950s that it has been described as the 'tramp steamer of the skies'. Some of the development of the ill-fated
TSR-2 was also done here as well of the production of parts of
Concorde. The political closure of the BAC site in the 1980s saw an end to Bournemouth's role as a significant player in the aviation industry. The site of the BAC works now form one of Dorset's largest industrial sites including pioneers in flight-refuelling FRA (Flight Refuelling Aviation).
BAC closed its doors after some years operating there, and the Borough of Bournemouth decided to use the facility as an airport. By
1980, the airport began to become a major site for charter airlines, as
European Air Charter European Aviation began services from there, carrying company executives and other passengers on their newly bought BAC-111s which had returned to the same place where they had been built.
In
1993, the airport received its first flow of regular passengers, when European Aviation changed its name to European Air Charter.
The airport had to undergo another runway expansion in
2001, because European Air Charter bought six
Boeing 747s from
British Airways and these would be taking off and landing from Bournemouth International Airport.
Apart from European Air Charter,
Palmair also makes this airport its hub. Palmair is part of a large airport tenant,
Bath Travel.
In
2005,
Thomsonfly announced that it was becoming the third airline to have a hub at Bournemouth International Airport, offering low-cost scheduled services to a number of European destinations. Other airlines to commence services for the first time in 2005 include:
Air Berlin,
EasyJet,
Ryanair and
Jet2.com.
Shortly after 1700 on Saturday
11th February 2006, millionaire adventurer
Steve Fosset made an emergency landing at Bournemouth International airport after completing the longest non-stop flight in history, having covered 26,389.3 miles in 76 hours and 45 minutes. Fosset had orginally planned to end his flight 144 miles even further away at
Kent International Airport, but the failure of an electrical generator onboard the
Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer forced him to issue a
Mayday call and land in limited visibility, bursting two tyres as he touched down.
Capacity
The airport, as aforementioned is capable of handling
Boeing 747 aircraft, although
Boeing 737s are much more common there.
Airlines and Destinations
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Air Berlin (Paderborn, Palma)
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EasyJet (Geneva)
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Blue Island Airways (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey)
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Ryanair (Dublin, Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Pisa)
*
Thomsonfly (Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Lyon, Málaga, Palma, Paris-Orly, Pisa, Salzburg, Tenerife Sur, Valencia)
External links
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Bournemouth International Airport
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Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer
{{UKAirports}}
Category:Airports in England
Category:Transport in Dorset
Category: February 2006 news
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