Billund Airport in Billund, Denmark (IATA code BLL), is a facility which serves as one of Europe's busiest air cargo centers, as well as a charter airline destination, although some regular airlines also offer flights there. Image File history File links Billund_Airport_Logo. ... Billund is a municipality in the center of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark, in the county of Ribe. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... A charter airline is one that operates charter flights, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ...

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History

With the advent of the jet era, travel to Europe on the rise and such airlines as Air France, BOAC, Iberia, and United States airlines, particularly Pan Am and TWA making international advances, it was decided that an airport was needed in Billund during the 1960s. In order to make the airport, the Billund airport cooperative society was formed, with the Governor of the state of Vejle, the honorable Mr. A.M. Wamberg, appointed as chairman of the board. A jet is a stream of fluid produced by discharge through an orifice into free space. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ... Iberia Airlines of Spain, usually shortened to Iberia, is the national airline of Spain, based in Madrid. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ... The Twa are a pygmy people, of short stature, who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of an area in central Africa that now comprises the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Vejle as seen from Vejle Fjord Bridge Vejle – in IPA: – town in Denmark and site of the council of both Vejle municipality (kommune) and Vejle County (amt), located in southeast of Jutland peninsula. ...

Assigned construction workers spent most of 1964 building the airport. On November 1 of the same year, the airport was inaugurated. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...

The first airline to have regular flights out of Billund Airport was SAS, with daily domestic operations to Copenhagen. The first international flight was held in order to take some sailors to a ship that was awaiting them in Italy. Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ...

The first cargo flights began to arrive during the late 1960s. When the Boeing 747's began operating in 1970, cargo airlines from both the Americas and from Asia began to see Billund airport as a good stop-over point for their flights between the United States and the Far East, and vice-versa. Billund airport officials, seeing that the city and the airport would benefit from the extra fees that the newcoming carriers would have to pay for landing rights, agreed to make Billund a cargo center, and the airport's main runway was expanded in 1971, to 3100 meters, enough for the largest jet of the era, the aforementioned 747, to land. Other measures, such as preparing the air tower with new technology to accommodate the new flights and busier schedule, were also taken. Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-412 The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern airliners and is the largest airliner currently in airline service. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass in the Western Hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands. ... World map showing Asia. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

Directors at Billund already envisioned non-stop, regular passenger flights to international destinations. But the EEC provided a rather unlikely obstacle, preferring to have only one international airport in Denmark instead. By 1984, however, the EEC officials changed their minds, and Billund airport was finally allowed to have its first regular, non-stop airline service to another country. Maersk Air provided with the first such service, when the airline began a weekly service to Southend, England. Soon after, the famous Concorde, flown by British Airways, made a stop at the airport. Possible meanings: Energy Efficiency Centre Energy Efficiency in Construction Engineering Education Centre Eurocontrol Experimental Centre European Economic Community, former name of the now-called European Community European Egg Consortium Extended Error Correction, see RAM parity This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maersk Air is Denmarks largest privately owned airline, based in Copenhagen. ... Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd British Airways (LSE: BAY) (NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ...

Billund became a hub airport for Maersk Air. Since then, however, the airline has fallen on economic trouble and it currently flies limited services from the United Kingdom.

With the growth of the city of Billund as a favorite destination among charter passengers, a new terminal became a necessity, and, in 2002, the airport's terminal two was opened, which allowed officials to close terminal one to passengers and turn it into a cargo-only terminal. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Capabilities

The airport handles an average of almost one million passengers a year, and millions of pounds of cargo.

The airport's main runway can handle airliners as large as the aforementioned Boeing 747, although most passengers arrive on smaller airplanes, such as ATR-42's, Boeing 737's and Boeing 757's. Boeing 747 activity at this airport is almost exclusively limited to cargo flights. The ATR 42 is a regional airliner built in France by the ATR company (Avions de Transport Régional). ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...

Airlines

Passenger and charter

• Air France (from Paris)
• Air Lithuania (from Kaunas, Palanga and Warsaw)
• Atlantic Airways (from Vagar)
• British Airways (from Birmingham, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Manchester and Oslo)
• Cimber Air (from Brussels, Oslo, Stockholm and Timbu Munes)
• DAT (from Bergen, Floro and Stavanger)
• Icelandair (from Keflavík)
• Lufthansa (from Frankfurt and Munich)
• Maersk Air (from Amsterdam, Alicante, Frankfurt, Gatwick, Málaga, Majorca, Nice and Paris)
• North Flying
• Sterling (from Chania, Málaga, Majorca and Nice)
• Sun-Air of Scandinavia

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Cargo airlines

Several cargo airlines (or passenger airline cargo divisions) make stops at Billund airport. Here is a partial list of cargo airlines or divisions serving Billund airport:

• American International Airways/Kalitta
• Antonov Airlines
• Asiana Cargo
• Cargo Lion
• DHL
• Fed Ex
• Heavy Lift
• Japan Airlines Cargo
• KLM Cargo
• Kitty Hawk Airlines
• Korean Air Cargo
• Lufthansa Cargo
• MAS Air Cargo
• Nippon Cargo Airlines
• PIA Cargo
• UPS
• Volga-Dnepr

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External links

Billund airport's homepage