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Information on Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport was formerly know as Speke Airport and RAF Speke, and is located adjacent to the Estuary of the river Mersey, 7.5 Miles (12Km) South East of the City Centre with easy access from the A561 and Junction 6 of the M62 or Junction 12 of the M56. The airport was renamed in 2002 In honor of the late John Lennon, a founding member of the Liverpudlian band the beatles, 22 years after Lennon's death. A 7 Foot (2.1m) tall bronze statue of the local icon stands overlooking the check in hall and on the roof is painted the airport's motto, which is a line
from Lennon's song "Imagine": Above us, only sky". A large scale work of art namely the Yellow Submarine was also installed on a traffic island at the entrance to the airport.
The Airport was built in part of the grounds of Speke Hall, hence its original name, scheduled flights started in 1930 with services by Imperial Airways via Barton Airport, Manchester, to Croydon Airport, London, although not officailly opened until 1933. But it wasn't until the late 1930's that a distinctive passenger terminal, control tower and two large aicraft hangers were built. Like many other airports during World War II control was taken over by the Royal Air Force and the airport changed to RAF Speke. Rootes had a shadow factory at Speke and produced the following bombers for the war campaign Bristol Blenheims, Handley Page Halifaxes. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation also assembled many types of aircraft at the site including Hudson's and Mustang's, these having been shipped over from the United States to Liverpool Docks. RAF Speke was also the home of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit.
VE-Day saw normal Civil Airline Operations resume at Speke Airport.
Liverpool City took over control of the airport on 1st January 1961 and in the mid 1970's transfered to Merseyside County Council, ten years later it was to change hands again to the five Merseyside Councils following the abolition of the Merseyside Councy Council. A new modern passenger terminal opened in 1986, and saw the closure of the original 1930s building.
The original art deco terminal building that was listed as a Grade II building has been renovated and adapted to become the Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, with some segments of the original aprons and taxiways becoming car parking and a home for the bodyshell of a retired passenger airliner "Jetstream 41".
Ownership of the airport was again to change hands in 1990 when it was privatised with British Aerospace taking a 76% shareholding in the new company and subsequently became a wholly owned subsidary of Peel Holdings Ltd.
Transport links to and from the airport
Although the airport doesn't have its own Railway Station there are regular bus shuttle services from Liverpool South Parkway Railway Station where you can find frequent rail services to Liverpool Lime Street Mainline Station and Crosby, Hunts Cross and Southport Stations which are served by the suburban Merseyrail network.
There are also regular buses linking the airport with the surrounding areas including a 24 Hour link between the airport and City Centre, these are provided by 86A and N86. Other bus services include 80A, 81A, 82A, and 89 plus shuttle service 500 Liverpool and 700 Manchester.
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Tourism
Tourism is a major factor in Liverpool and this has led to a great increase in the provision of high quality Hotels, Restaurants and Clubs. Film makers regularly use Liverpool to double for cities around the world because of its buildings, making it the second most filmed city in the UK.
Liverpool is also one of the few cities in the world where cruise liners can berth in the City Centre.
The City is also home to the Halewood car plant where the Jaguar X Type and Land Rover Freelander models are assembled.
As one of the largest cities in the UK, Liverpool is an important centre of trade and commerce and in recent years has undergone an extensive redevelopment programe to coincide with its status as European Capital of Culture 2008, and reflecting the city's importance in the development of the world's trading system and dock technology Liverpool's waterfront was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
There are a considerable variety of architectural styles to be found in the City due to its port having a major role in the British Empire, many of the finest buildings were built as headquarters for shipping firms and insurance companies. With over 2,500 listed buildings, 26 being Grade I and 85 Grade II, only London the UK Capital has more. LIverpool also has more georgian houses than the City of Bath.
Other notable buildings are the Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse, the world's largest brick work building, Mersyside Maritime Musum, European Route of Industrial Heritage, International Slavery Museum, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Cathedral which at 101m is one of the tallest churches in the world, Royal Liver Building, The Cunard Building, The Port of Liverpool Building, the Pier Head,
The Adelphi Hotel, William Brown Library, Walker Art Gallery, World Museum Liverpool and West Tower Liverpool's tallest building at 40 storeys high. Better known for their oddness rather than their role are the Williamson Tunnels which are architecturally unique as being the largest underground folly in the world and the Philharmonic Dining Rooms are noteworthy for their ornate Victorian toilets.
The worlds first electrically powered overhead railway, known as the Liverpool Overhead Railway or Dockers Umbrella was opened 4th February 1893 and had a total of 14 stations, but the line suffered extensive damages during World War II and eventually closed 30th December 1956, a tunnel portal in Dingle is one of the only surviving signs of the railway's existence.
Port of Liverpool
Liverpool's dock also dominates Britain's container trade with North America and also serves over 100 other non EU destinations including, Africa, Australia, China, India, the Middle East and South America and is the UK's leading gateway for imports of grain and animal feed, the export of recycled metal and freight movements between Britain and Ireland. The operational docks (1,200 Acres) on both banks of the River Mersey also handle timber and forest products, some delivered daily by rail from Germany and Italy via the Channel Tunnel, 11 Million tonnes of crude oil for Shell's Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire, 3 Million tonnes of coal imported per year, 1 million tonnes of edible oils and fats, cocoa, steel, copper, aluminium, grantie, chemicals and general cargo, plus three quarters of a million passengers using Irish Sea Ferry services to Ireland and the Isle of Man and the growing number of cruise ships.
Sports
Liverpool has two Premier League teams Liverpool FC who play at Anfield and Everton FC who play at Goodison Park with Liverpool being the most successful English club of all time. Aintree Racecourse to the north of Liverpool is home to the most famous steeplechase, the Grand National being held every year in April. Aintree also hosted the British Grand Prix on five occasions in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1962 and is still in use today for car sprints, track days and motorcycle races.
Liverpool is twinned with the following Cities
*Cologne - Germany
*Odessa - Ukraine
*Dublin - Republic of Ireland
*Shanghai - People's Republic of China
Friendship links with other international cities
*Givenchy les la Bassee - France
*Halifax - Canada
*Havana - Cuba
*La Plata - Argentina
*Memphis - United States
*Naples - Italy
*New Orleans - United States
*Ponsacco - Italy
*Ramnicu Valcea - Romania
*Valparaiso - Chile
Airlines and Destinations
Scheduled Airlines
*easyjet to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse (Seasonal), Belfast International, Berlin Schonefeld, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Jersey, Krakow, Lisbon, Mahon, Madrid, Malaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris Charles de Gaulle.
*Flybe to Isle of Man
*KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper to Amsterdam
*Ryanair to Alghero, Alicante, Bergerac, Belfast City, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Carcassonne, Cork, Derry, Dublin, Faro, Friedrichshafen, Gdansk, Girona, Granada, Grenoble, Kaunas, Knock, Krakow, Limoges, Lodz, Madrid, Malaga, Milan Bergamo, Murcia, Nantes, Nimes, Oslo Torp, Palma de Mallorca, Paris Beauvais, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Reus, Riga, Rome Ciampino, Salzburg, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Shannon, Stockholm Skavsta, Szczecin, Tenerife South, Turin, Valencia, Venice Treviso, Wroclaw.
*Wizz Air to Gdansk, Katowice, Warsaw.
Charter Airlines
*Thomas Cook Airlines to Reus - Summer Only
*Thomson Airways to Palma de Mallorca - Begins May 7
*Thomsonfly to Alicante - Winter Only
Cargo Airlines
*TNT Airways
Other Services
*Liverpool Flying School
*Ravenair - Charter and Flying Training
By Taxi
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