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Airport closure 'risks 300 jobs' Airport closure 'risks 300 jobs'
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Up to 300 jobs could be at risk following the closure of Coventry Airport.Up to 300 jobs could be at risk following the closure of Coventry Airport.
West Midlands International Airport Ltd, which owns it, decided to shut the airport on Tuesday because of financial difficulties.West Midlands International Airport Ltd, which owns it, decided to shut the airport on Tuesday because of financial difficulties.
The company was due to appear in the High Court later to respond to a winding-up petition. The company was earlier wound up at the High Court after an order was made over an undisclosed tax debt. The company did not attend the hearing.
The airport became a cargo terminal after passenger flights ceased in 2008.
New terminal rejected
Coventry North West MP Geoffrey Robinson said he had been speaking to union leaders about the job losses.Coventry North West MP Geoffrey Robinson said he had been speaking to union leaders about the job losses.
The airport has not been running passenger flights since November 2008, when Thomsonfly pulled its services there. Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, which is also based at the airport, said it had been granted an exemption and could still fly from the site in the immediate term.
A year earlier, the airport saw plans for a new terminal rejected. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that West Midlands International Airport Ltd had effectively informed pilots and aircraft that the airport was no longer operational.
Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, which is based at the airport, said it had been granted an exemption and could still fly from the site in the immediate term. Airline Thompsonfly pulled its services from there in 2008 a year after plans for a new terminal were rejected.
The airport was opened in 1936 and used as an RAF base during World War II when it was damaged by enemy bombing.The airport was opened in 1936 and used as an RAF base during World War II when it was damaged by enemy bombing.