COVENTRY AIRPORT CLOSES AFTER ALMOST 90 YEARS OF OPERATION

Coventry Airport has closed after almost 90 years of operation, with its final flights now departed. The closure marks the permanent end of commercial and passenger aviation at the site. Pop group Take That travelled as the airport's final passengers. The airport will not reopen in any aviation capacity.

Coventry Airport served the region for the best part of a century, operating through significant periods of British aviation history. The site has been earmarked for redevelopment as a gigafactory, a large-scale facility typically used for the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries or similar industrial production. The transition from airport to industrial site represents a significant change in land use for the area. The gigafactory development was the direct reason cited for the airport's permanent closure.

The closure removes a regional airport from the West Midlands transport network. Coventry Airport's shutdown follows a broader pattern of smaller British airports facing pressure from changing travel habits and competing land use priorities. The gigafactory development is expected to bring industrial and manufacturing activity to the former airfield. No further details about the timeline for construction or the operator of the gigafactory were confirmed in available statements.