Coventry Airport to re-open?

COVENTRY AIRPORT may reopen initially as an unlicensed airfield “within days” AERBT has learnt.  If negotiations are successfully completed by Coventry City Council, the Civil Aviation Authority, Marshall of Cambridge (who provide air traffic control) and potential owner Sir Peter Rigby (see AERBT 22 February) this week the airport could regain full licensed status as soon as May.  Sir Peter, one of the Midlands most successful businessmen, also owns Patriot Aviation, the UK's Cessna single engine aircraft line distributor.  A meeting last Friday (19 March) attracted over 50 tenants and users and was most supportive.  As the owner of the freehold, Coventry City Council has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will hold a mass for up to 250,000 people at the airport on 19 September. www flycvt.com

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