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Airport in 25-year expansion plan
BBC News, UK - Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:12:55 GMT
A 25-year expansion plan which will see traffic levels at Kent International Airport increased is unveiled....
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?...

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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, ...
No objection to airport feasibility study
Kent Online, United Kingdom - 22 hours ago
By political editor Paul Francis The leader of Kent County Council says he has no objections to Mayor Boris Johnson looking at the idea of an island airport ...

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Boris quashes claim of airport U-turn :: Hawkinge Gazette ...
unknown, Hawkinge Gazette - Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:38:21 UTC
Two years ago the county council spent nearly £300000 in a failed bid to operate transatlantic flights between the Kent International Airport at Manston and Norfolk International Airport, Virginia in the US. ...
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 ...
thanetonline: Manston Airport V China Gateway
Michael Child, thanetonline - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:00 UTC
I was interested to see the plans for the airport expansion http://www.kentinternationalairport-manston.com/masterplan.html you may remember back in August I posted their letter about this and how it conflicts with China Gateway sorry ...
Save Kent!: Boris Island holed below the waterline?
Save Kent!, Save Kent! - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:26:39 UTC
Is this the last gasp for our favourite comedy airport proposal? 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 ...

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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!!...
Thanet
Bloglines - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:21:00 GMT
...in Thanet, to differentiate it from Minster in Sheppey), and Manston, the site of an [[RAF]] airfield (now a local airport) which played a ...