Liverpool John Lennon Airport Information
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an airport serving the English city of Liverpool. Formerly known as Speke Airport and RAF Speke, the airport is located adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some 7.5 miles (12 km) south-east of the centre of Liverpool.
Liverpool airport was previously owned by the Merseyside Councils but in 1990 ownership of the airport was privatised, with British Aerospace taking a 76% shareholding in the new company. Subsequently the airport has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Peel Holdings Ltd.
Liverpool airport is one of the north's busiest airports, it has 11 scheduled and charter airlines airlines which fly to over 30 different destinations worldwide. In recent years it has also been one of Europe's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from 875,000 in 1998 to 4.96 million in 2006. The growth rate was 12.6% in 2006, less than the 31.5% of 2005. During May 2007, 500,000 passengers were handled in one month, for the first time.
In June 2007 a new Holiday Inn Express hotel was opened just outside the airport.