What is the name of Blackpool's airport?
Blackpool Airport platforms in the Irish Sea. The current contract that was signed is due to expire in 2019 however it is expected to be renewed. Blackpool Airport Blackpool Airport is an airport on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, in the Borough of Fylde, just outside the Borough of Blackpool. It was formerly known as Squires Gate Airport and Blackpool International Airport. Ownership of the airport has changed a number of times over the years but the airport was wholly owned by Blackpool Borough Council until 2004 when it was sold to a consortium led by Wolverhampton Airport operators City Hopper
Blackpool Airport the Ministry of Civil Aviation and renamed Blackpool Airport. Prior to 2004, when the airport was sold to City Hopper Airports Limited, the airport was owned and operated by Blackpool Borough Council who were losing £1 million per year before the £13 million sale. Speaking about the sale Julian Kearsley, strategic director of business services at the town hall, who helped broker the deal, said: "The airport is a key element in terms of developing the new Blackpool. "It is not as if the council has sold off the family silver and lost any role in this. We wish to