To mark the occasion, the airport has put together a spectacular schedule of events including, amongst other things, charity fund-raising activities and a photographic exhibition looking back over five decades, with the full programme of activity to be released over the course of the year.
Belfast International Airport Managing Director, John Doran, said 2013 represents a milestone for the facility that started life as a civil airport in October 1963. On that occasion, HRH Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother officially opened the new terminal on the extensive site at Aldergrove.
Mr Doran said: “Throughout its fifty-year history, Aldergrove, now Belfast International Airport, has played a central role in the economic and social life of Northern Ireland.
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Airport unveils Big Plans to mark Golden Anniversary - Belfast International Airport