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Blackpool vows to keep stake in local airport

Blackpool Council has pledged to retain its stake in a local airport after Balfour Beatty announced plans to sell off its majority holding.

By Jamie Hailstone | 12 October 2016

Blackpool Council has pledged to retain its stake in a local airport after Balfour Beatty announced plans to sell off its majority holding.

The construction company confirmed last week it was in talks with a number of organisations to sell its 95% stake in the airport, which closed to commercial flights in October 2014.

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