MPs join fight for airport purchase

Two local MPs have called on Thanet DC to compulsory purchase the closed Manston Airport.

By MJ reporter | 22 May 2014

Two local MPs have called on Thanet DC to compulsory purchase the closed Manston Airport.

The airport shut on 15 May, with the loss of 150 jobs, after its owner, Ann Gloag, said no ‘credible or viable' offers had been made to buy the site.

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