Kent airport that is 70 miles from the 資本／首都 is 指定するd 'London Ashford' ahead of work to transform it into bustling 乗客 中心
- Airport to be 指名するd London Ashford にもかかわらず 存在 70 miles from 資本／首都
- Construction?work on a 965ft 拡張 of the 滑走路 will begin this year
- 変形 will 結局 lead to a brand new 終点 存在 built
- £25 million 開発 will enable the airport to 扱う larger 航空機
A little-used airport which is 70 miles from the 資本／首都 has been 改名するd London Ashford ahead of work to transform it into a busy 乗客 中心?
Construction work on a 965ft 拡張 of the 滑走路 at Lydd airport in Kent, which once 扱うd more 乗客s a year than Gatwick, will begin this year and will 結局 lead to a new 終点 存在 built.
This month pre-qualified 請負業者s will be 招待するd to 服従させる／提出する 申し込む／申し出s for the 滑走路 work at Lydd.
The planned new 終点 at Lydd Airport (pictured), which has the 公式の／役人 指名する of London Ashford Aiport
The £25 million 開発 at Lydd will enable the airport to 扱う 航空機 up to the size of Boeing 737s or Airbus A319s.
At 現在の, the 滑走路 is only long enough to 対処する with smaller 航空機 on short flights, with Lydd 空気／公表する runnin g services to Le Touquet in フラン.
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The start of the 滑走路 拡張 ends years of 不確定 for the Kent airport.?
A long planning 過程 finally e nded in April 2013 when the 政府 gave the go-ahead for the 滑走路 拡張 and the 終点.?
The £25 million 開発 at Lydd will enable the airport to 扱う 航空機 up to the size of Boeing 737s
The 開発 had been 支配する to a public 調査 which lasted from February to September 2011.
計画（する）s had been submitted as 早期に as the year 2000 and were agreed in 2010 by Shepway 地区 会議 before the 決定／判定勝ち（する） was taken to 持つ／拘留する a public 調査.
Lydd Aiport's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Charles Buchanan
Lydd opened in 1954 and for a time there were daily servies to Le Touquet and Ostend.
?In 1958 a total of nearly 223,000 乗客s passed through Lydd - nearly 37,000 more than at Gatwick.
By the 1960s Lydd had become an 国祭的な-recognised airport with film 星／主役にするs such as Gregory つつく／ペック and Humphrey Bogart 定期的に 飛行機で行くing in and out.
But the 拡大 of Gatwick cast a 影をつくる／尾行する over Lydd and its 影響（力） 病弱なd.
Now the airport's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Charles Buchanan is looking 今後 to showcasing Lydd's 計画（する）s at international 航空 events this year.
He said: 'We look 今後 to spreading the word about our ambitious 投資 計画（する）s with 航空機によるs, 小旅行する 操作者s and other travel 商売／仕事s …に出席するing these events.
'These events attract high-level 決定／判定勝ち（する）-製造者s and 買い手s from across the travel and 航空 産業s 世界的な and 供給する an excellent 壇・綱領・公約 for us to 調査する new 商売／仕事 適切な時期s.
'London Ashford Airport is the perfect base for 航空機による 操作者s.?
'Our 滑走路 拡張 will enable 地域の jet 航空機 to 飛行機で行く a 十分な payload of 乗客s to a wider 範囲 of 目的地s across Europe.
'We are also 供給するing much-needed 付加 airport capacity in the south east of England.
'We 申し込む／申し出 平易な 接近 to the motorway 網状組織, just 20 minutes to Ashford which also has a high-速度(を上げる） rail link that gets you into central London in just 38 minutes.'?
Oxford Airport is also known as London Oxford Airport, にもかかわらず 存在 61 miles from the 資本／首都.?
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