Airport Up for Sale

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It is reported that the Airport's owners have put it up for sale but services will continue to operate as normal.

AIRPORT ANNOUNCEMENT

The Directors of Blackpool Airport Limited have today (Thursday 28 August 2014) commenced a process to sell the operating company of the airport.
Services and flights to and from the airport will continue as normal during this sale process.
Any enquiries should be directed by email to [e-mail]

www.blackpoolinternational.com/airport/news-media/latest-news

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This is from Insider Media:

North West News / 29 Aug 2014
Blackpool Airport up for sale

The directors of Blackpool Airport have put the business up for sale.

Blackpool Airport Ltd has appointed Zolfo Cooper to conduct a sales process for the Lancashire business.

Three scheduled airlines operate from the airport, as well as occasional charter holiday flights in the summer months. The largest operator is Jet2, which currently flies to 13 destinations.

Several private aircraft operators also use the airport.

In a statement, Blackpool Airport Ltd said: "The directors of Blackpool Airport Ltd have commenced a process to sell the operating company of the airport.

"Services and flights to and from the airport will continue as normal during this sale process."

A spokesperson for Zolfo Cooper said: "We are pleased to have been appointed to this role and we will be working closely now with the management team of the airport to identify and evaluate appropriate expressions of interest."

Flying at Blackpool began in 1909 and became a civil airport in 1949.

Not surprisingly, The Blackpool Gazette has, as yet, not picked this story up.