{"id":179686,"date":"2023-09-06T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=179686"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:43:40","slug":"once-popular-uk-airport-takes-huge-step-closer-to-reopening-after-closing-12-years-ago-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/travel\/once-popular-uk-airport-takes-huge-step-closer-to-reopening-after-closing-12-years-ago-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Once-popular UK airport takes huge step closer to reopening after closing 12 years ago | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN airport in the UK that closed more than a decade ago has taken new steps in a bid to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Plymouth Airport was forced to cease all operations back in 2011, citing an &quot;Armageddon clause&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/official-spotted-air-traffic-control-772209395.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/gvs-plymouth-airport-grass-around-772209475.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>This means that the owners of the airport were able to close it down after claiming it was no longer financially viable to keep it open.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tory councillors in Plymouth have begun a probe into the clause, to see if this should have been allowed.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the lease is ahead of its expiry in March 2024, following its five-year protection for aviation operations.<\/p>\n<p>Plymouth&#x27;s Tory leader Andy Lugger told local media: &quot;The lease is a matter of public record. <\/p>\n<h2><span>Read more on UK airports<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/photo-william-van-hecke-corbis-779999840.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Little-known UK airport that you&#8217;ll wish you were flying from this summer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/newspress-collage-23183590-1690368229009.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>UK airport has a secret viewing platform no-one knows about<\/h3>\n<p>&quot;There was a procedure to be followed in the event of the airport no longer being viable. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Questions need to be asked about the procedure that was followed when Plymouth City Airport Ltd confirmed to the council that the enterprise was no longer viable.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>They hope to be able to regain the airport back into public ownership, and then relaunch flights.<\/p>\n<p>FlyPlymouth chief executive Raoul Witherall previously said they could even launch flights to Europe from Plymouth Airport, such as Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in News Travel<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-261.png\"><\/picture><span>FLIGHTMARE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Cause of air traffic chaos revealed in probe after thousands of Brits stranded<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23804179-1693915490022.jpg\"><\/picture><span>BEACHY KEEN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>New multi-million-pound UK beach attraction with &#8216;play factory&#8217; 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