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Airport Parking - Airport History
Please find below a brief history of Stansted Airport which we
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Stansted is the UK's third largest airport for international
scheduled passengers and one of the fastest growing major
airports in the world.
Stansted Airport Started its life as a base for the
United States Army Air Force in 1942 in the second world war.
They left behind one of the UK's longest runways which opened
the way to civil development.
The fledgling airport expanded modestly until its future
was re-shaped by a government decision. It was earmarked as
London's third airport until the government had to retreat
and find other alternatives when it met with so many protests
and opposition. Stansted seemed to be heading for obscurity.
Number of terminals: 1
Number of passengers : 16 million
Number of airlines : 26
Number of destinations :105
Number of runways : 1
However in the 1970's when a world oil crisis and hard economic
times deemed the alternative site too expensive. Anticipating
better times ahead, The British Airports Authority revived
the idea of major growth at Stansted and in 1979 it
was once again designated London's third airport.
It was to take a further six years and a long public enquiry before
the go-ahead finally came in 1985, with it was the initial approval for
Stansted to handle up to 8 million passengers a year.
In 1991 a new and widely acclaimed terminal was opened and
because of the increasing demands it was quickly filled to
capacity. A £60 million extension to the terminal building
was carried out and opened in April 2002. Stansted Airport
is set to grow to serve 25 million passengers per annum by
2010.
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