IT WAS ANNOUNCED at the end of June that the Airbase facility, which currently accommodates the Air Atlantique Classic Flight and the Classic Aircraft Trust's aircraft at Coventry Airport, is to close down later this year. At the same time came news that the Classic Aircraft Trust, an independent charitable trust, is to appear under a new trading name, the Classic Air Force, at Newquay Cornwall Airport, the former RAF St Mawgan. This all followed confirmation that Sir Peter Rigby, whose Patriot Aviation Group took over Coventry Airport in April 2010, and Rugby-based Roxhill Developments intend to make a significant investment (reported at some £250 million) in a new technology park covering more than 65 acres on the north side of the airfield. This would, amongst other things, spell the end of the hangars that currently house Airbase, and which have been home to Air Atlantique since the 1980s. The planning stage of the development is being supported by the local council, and, with the lease on the hangars in this area being bought out by the consortium behind the plans, it is possible that they could be demolished by the end of the year.
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