<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Bournemouth Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>1940s: </strong>From November 1944, the airfield took over from Bristol's Whit church airport as the main operating base for British Overseas Airways Corporation until Heathrow fully opened in 1948.Starting in October 1945, Hurn served as London's transatlantic airport until Heathrow opened to the airlines in mid-1946. In that role, it participated in the "First Commercial Land Plane Flight Overseas" from the United States, on 23 October. (That intercontinental flight in the Douglas DC-4 involved refueling stops at Gander, Newfoundland and Shannon in the Republic of Ireland.)</p>
<p class="blog-para">In January 1946 Pan Am opened a scheduled New York (La Guardia) to London (Hurn) service, five days a week, using the new DC-4; the journey time was 17 hours 40 minutes. It was also the starting point of the first England-Australia landplane service, which took three days in Avro Lancastrians (modified Lancaster bombers).</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>1950s&ndash;1980s: </strong>First charter flights. The first Palmair charter from the airport took place in 1958, using a single 36-seat Viking aircraft destined for Palma de Mallorca. The service was one of the first charter flights in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Aircraft manufacture: </strong>A BAC 1-11 in British Aircraft Corporation livery at Bournemouth Airport in 1971.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Vickers-Armstrongs took over some ex-BOAC hangars at Hurn in 1951 and started production of Varsities, then Viscounts and eventually, as the British Aircraft Corporation, the BAC One-Eleven. During a 33-year period, 222 One-Elevens, 146 Varsities and 279 Viscounts were built and delivered from Hurn making a total of 647 produced at this site.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Facilities Bournemouth Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has a 200-acre (0.81 km2) industrial park, including offices and hangars. In early March 2009, Manchester Airport Developments completed the construction of Cirrus Court, a development of 14 industrial units which is the first part of a number of phases to redevelop the northern aviation sector. When Channel Express operated, its head office was in Building 470 at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Babcock International Group has its Defense and Security offices located at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">L3 CTS (formerly CTC Aviation) used to have its main U.K flight training base at the airfield with students completing basic, intermediate and advanced training there. Located on the East side from its purpose built hangar, the company operated a fleet of Diamond DA42, Slings by T67 Firefly and recently Diamond DA40 aircraft. Their Bournemouth base complemented its facilities in Southampton, Coventry, Ponte de Soar (Portugal), Hamilton (New Zealand) and Canfield.</p>
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