Coventry Airport closes its doors forever

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The 90 year aviation history of Coventry Airport (EGBE) has drawn to a permanent close, after the airfield officially shut its gates yesterday, (Thursday 11 June 2026). Following the mandate by site owners Rigby Group, all remaining flight schools, private tenants, and the local Air Ambulance service vacated the Baginton aerodrome in May, paving the way for the CAA to formally remove the airspace from the UK register. In a poetic final send-off, the airport's last ever commercial passenger flight touched down on Friday 5 June carrying the pop group "Take That" during their current UK tour, with the band pausing to take a final commemorative photograph with the ground crew on the tarmac. It's hard to believe it was once a thriving base for Thomson/TUI.
 
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