ECONOMIC GROWTH

No buyer found to save airport from closure

Local authorities are planning to extend the Lancashire Enterprise Zone to cover Blackpool International Airport, which closed yesterday (15 October).

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2014

Local authorities are planning to extend the Lancashire Enterprise Zone to cover Blackpool International Airport, which closed yesterday (15 October).

It was announced last week that the airport is set to close as The MJ went to press, after owners Balfour Beatty failed to find a buyer for the airfield.

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