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New hotel 'a sign of confidence'
BBC News, UK - Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:27:03 GMT
Business leaders hail the opening of a new 105 bedroom hotel near Kent International Airport....
Going local
BBC News, UK - Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:28:37 GMT
As hundreds continue their protest against expansion plans at Heathrow Airport, what about the dozens of smaller airports around the UK growing at a faster rate?...
Four held over jet engine theft
BBC News, UK - Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:07:52 GMT
Four men are arrested after a lorry with a jet engine on the back is stopped by police close to an airport....

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BA: Failing to expand Heathrow will have '30 year impact'
Cheapflights.co.uk, UK - 17 hours ago
British Airways has warned the government that the UK economy will be held back by 30 years if plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport are not ...
BA boss wants government support for Heathrow Airport
FHR Travel Services, UK - 17 hours ago
British Airways (BA) chief executive Willie Walsh has urged the government to back Heathrow Airport by allowing the construction of a third runway, ...
Arena better at old tank factory
Yorkshire Evening Post, UK - 20 hours ago
The imminently planned link road from Manston Lane to the M1 provides direct access to the site, the M1 already offers site access from north and south via ...

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Save Kent!: Boris Island holed below the waterline?
Save Kent!, Save Kent! - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:26:39 UTC
Surely Boris Island would create more jobs than Manston? For example ITV are thought to have already bought the rights for a reality TV show based there, hosted by John Sergeant his Russian dance partner, Kristina Rihanoff. 0 comments ...
Eastcliff Richard: Manston Pickle
Eastcliff Richard, Eastcliff Richard - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:00 UTC
I see Infartil, the owners of RAF London Kent Ramsgate Manston International Airport, are reporting a loss at their European airport business for the six months to 30 September 2008. In their half yearly report the Kiwi group says: ...
Manston Airport - a great opportunity « Kevin's KCC Blog
Kevin, Kevin's KCC Blog - Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:00:00 UTC
I was fortunate last week to meet with some of the management of Infratil, the New Zealand-owned organisation responsible for running Manston Airport. Since the demise of EUJet a few years back, Infratil have turned the airport around ...
Thanet Strife: WHO IS RUNNING THANET: KCC OR OUR ELECTED COUNCILLORS?
Bertie Biggles, Thanet Strife - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:45:05 UTC
I have put up an extract concerning Manston/Eurokent JV (Joint Venture?) issued by KCC to its Economic & Regeneration Policy Overview Committee and dated 5th November. (Click on it to see more detail) ...

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Prophecy News Update 10-24-08
Bloglines - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:30:00 GMT
Back in 1999 I had this dream. I read it on the air, put it in our magazine, and now it appears to be coming to pass!!...
USAF Pilot Was Ordered To Fire At A UFO In U.K. Airspace!
Bloglines - Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:02:00 GMT
One night, at the height of the 'Cold War' in 1957, two USAF jet fighter aircraft which were on QRA stand-by (Quick Reaction Alert) at RAF Manston,...