Manston to serve as airfreight hub if reopened

Manston Airport will be reopened as an airfreight and cargo hub, supporting the UK government’s aim of increasing aviation capacity, the US investment firm attempting to purchase the closed hub says. RiverOak Investments has been attempting to purchase the airport, which closed in May 2014. It had tried acquiring the site as the indemnity partner […]

RiverOak launches new Manston bid

The investment firm that has been attempting to buy the defunct Manston Airport is to use a development consent order (DCO) to try and purchase the site. RiverOak Investment has been attempting to buy the airport since before it was closed in May 2014. It had offered to be the indemnity partner for the local […]