History of Belfast International Airport
The evoloution of Belfast International Airport began in November 1917 when Aldergrove was selected to be the Royal Flying Corps training establishment during the First World War. With the end of the war, Aldergrove remained open for use by the Royal Air Force aircraft and for the fledgling civil traffic to and from Northern Ireland.
The next noteable event in the history of Belfast International Airport was on the 31st May 1933 when Northern Ireland's first ever regular, sustained civil air service started. The route was Glasgow to Aldergrove and the flight was operated by Midland and Scottish Air Ferries.
Belfast Airport played an important role later in that decade during the second World War, Aldergrove remained an RAF base, particularly for the Coastal Command.
After the war, civil aviation flight were transferred from Belfast International Airport to Nutts Corner.
In 1963, HRH Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother reopened Aldergrove as a civil airport and inaugurated the present terminal building.
In 1969 Annual passenger numbers hit the 1 million mark for the 1st time
The recent history of Belfast International Airport has been dominated by the growth of the low cost airlines. Easyjet and bmibaby have established a number of routes across Europe from Belfast International Airport and have helped increase passenger numbers at Belfast Airport to nearly 4 million.
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