Manchester Airport, originally known as Ringway, is the largest airport in the north of England and the third busiest in the United Kingdom after Heathrow and Gatwick. It opened in the late 1930s and, during the Second World War, was used by the Royal Air Force, including as a training base for paratroopers and for aircraft production. After the war it developed as a civil airport and grew rapidly with the growth of package holidays and international services. It has two runways and three terminals, and it is connected to the city by rail and tram. The airport is owned by a group of local authorities in Greater Manchester together with an investment partner.
Before and after
- 16 December 1928Birth of Philip K. Dick
- 1929Origins of Serie B
- 1929Publication of A Farewell to Arms
- 1929Founding of La Liga
- 1929Construction of Manchester Airport
- 3 January 1929Birth of Sergio Leone
- 15 January 1929Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.
- 29 January 1929Publication of All Quiet on the Western Front
- 31 January 1929Birth of Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1916Construction of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 18 July 1925Publication of Mein Kampf
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 4 July 1930Origins of Nation of Islam
- 1934Publication of March of the Volunteers
The era
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