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4 unusual facts about Bournemouth Airport


Air Traffic

The band's name originated from when they used to rehearse in an industrial unit next to Hurn Airport, where air traffic control signals could be picked up on their amplifiers.

Bournemouth Airport

Increasing from 14 routes, after the discontinuation of the Nantes route, to 18 - Carcassonne, Faro, Limoges, and Reus were added to the route network in February 2009.

De Havilland Aviation

Following the expansion plans of Bournemouth Airport, the company was relocated to a new hangar on the North-East sector of the airport during the summer of 2008.

Its main base was Bournemouth Airport but it also operated a Worldwide spares and parts service from Swansea in Wales, supplying many of the vintage aircraft owners as well as various air forces.


Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic

Bournemouth Airport – A £45 million redevelopment by Manchester Airports group was announced in 2006 and began in 2008.

Carlisle Lake District Airport

In October 2009 Andy Judge (former Leeds-Bradford, Bournemouth and Luton Airports Operations chief) took over as airport manager.


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