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Aberdeen Airport Hotels |
Stansted is the fourth busiest airport in the UK, the fastest growing major airport in Europe, and the main home of the leading low-cost scheduled airlines. It started life as a War-time base for the United States Air Force in 1942. Their legacy was 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. The proposed development met with so many protests from local population the government retreated and found another site at Maplin Sands in the River Thames estuary. Stansted seemed to be heading for obscurity. All that changed in the 1970's when a world oil crisis and hard economic times made the Maplin option too expensive. The British Airports Authority, anticipating better times ahead, revived the idea of major growth at Stansted and in 1979 it was, once again, designated London's third airport. Six years later after a long Public Inquiry the go-ahead finally came, with initial approval for Stansted to handle up to 8 million passengers a year. In 1991 a new and widely acclaimed terminal was opened but that is now under pressure as Stansted became the fastest growing London airport. 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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