Edinburgh Airport

Sectors:

  • Transport services Airport services

Notes:

Traced origins to 1914-18 War when established as a military airfield. From late 1940s received civilian flights. Transferred to Ministry of Aviation in 1957 (but military base only closed in 1997) and in 1971 placed under British Aviation Authority from when rapidly expanded for civilian use. Subsequently privatised as part of BAA Plc and in 2012 sold to Global Infrastructure Partners and continues as a major UK airport

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