<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Belfast International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport lies within the parish of Killead, between the small villages of Killead (to the east) and Aldergrove (to the west).</p>
<p class="blog-para">TThe site for the airport was established in 1917, when it was selected to be a Royal Flying Corps training establishment during the First World War. The airport remained open at the end of the war for RAF activity.</p>
<p class="blog-para">TCivil traffic began in 1922, when flights were conducted to fly newspapers from Chester. The first scheduled passenger service was started in 1933 by the Scottish airline Midland &amp; Scottish Air Ferries. This service consisted of two daily flights each way between Aldergrove and Renfrew Airport, Glasgow. This was subsequently augmented by a twice-daily, return service to Croydon, at that time London's airport, with stops at the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Birmingham.</p>
<p class="blog-para">TDuring the Second World War, Aldergrove remained an RAF station particularly for the Coastal Command. So that the airport could accommodate larger, long-range aircraft, a major works programme was undertaken to replace the four existing runways with two new long paved runways, thereby forming the basis of the layout that still exists at the airport today.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Ground Transportation from Belfast International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Intraterminal Transportation:</strong> Terminal 3 consists of three sub-concourses. Both domestic and international travellers check in at concourse T3C. Gates for domestic flights are in T3C, and gates for domestic flights operated by Air China are also located in concourse T3D. All international, Hong Kong, and Macau, and Taiwan flights are handled in concourse T3E.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In conjunction with the construction of the new terminal, Bombardier Transportation installed a 2 km (1.2 mi) automated people mover which connects T3C and T3E via T3D in a 2&ndash;5-minute one-way trip. The line uses Innovia APM 100 vehicles running at 6-minute intervals at a maximum speed of 55 kilometers per hour (34 mph).</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus: </strong>Translink operates an express bus service 300 to the airport from its Europa Buscentre in Belfast City Centre.</li>
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<p class="blog-para">This runs 24 hours a day, every 15 minutes at peak times. Translink also offers bus connections to Antrim railway station. The airport can be reached from Derry and the northwest by the Airporter. The 109A bus service operates between 6am and 6pm from Lisburn bus centre in Lisburn City Centre, calling at Lisburn railway station, Ballinderry, Glenavy, Crumlin, Belfast International Airport, and Antrim Train and Bus Centre Providing connections with Northern Ireland railways to Belfast Great victoria street station and Derry/Londonderry station.</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Train:</strong> The nearest railway station is Antrim railway station, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the airport in Antrim, and serviced by a bus (the 109A Ulsterbus service) to and from Antrim bus/railway station from there connections to Derry and Belfast by train can be made. There are connections to Belfast, Lisburn and Derry. Antrim station is on the Belfast&ndash;Derry railway line. Trains to and from Dublin are via Belfast Central railway station. A new station serving the airport could be constructed on the mothballed Lisburn-Antrim railway line, as set out in the airport master plan. This line remains in serviceable condition and passes close to the airport terminal. It has also been listed in a public review of the future of Northern Ireland railways.</li>
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<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="Ground Transportation from Belfast International Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/bel/b1.webp" alt="Ground Transportation from Belfast International Airport"></p>