J3776 : IKEA car park, Belfast (December 2017)
taken 6 years ago, 3 km from Holywood, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Founded in Sweden in 1943 by 17 year old Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, Ikea designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances and home accessories. It is the world's largest furniture retailer.
Ikea open their first store in the UK in Warrington SJ584913 in 1987.
Originally opened in 1937 when it was built as part of the Short Brothers and Harland Limited aircraft factory. The present airport opened to scheduled passenger flights in 1983 as Belfast Harbour Airport. The terminal buildings were temporary ones – later extended and improved. The present terminal, close to the Sydenham bypass, opened in 2001.
Aer Lingus operates to London Heathrow.
British Airways to London Heathrow.
Flybe to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter and Newquay, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London City, Manchester, Doncaster/Sheffield and Southampton.
KLM to Amsterdam.
Loganair to Carlisle.
The airport is also used by a variety of operators for business and medical flights.
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