Editing Liverpool John Lennon Airport (section)

===Old terminal (1989)===
[[File:THE FORMER TERMINAL BUILDING AT SPEKE AERODROME NOW THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL LIVERPOOL JULY 2013 (9231676102).jpg|alt=|thumb|The old terminal building, used between the 1930s and 1986, now the [[Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel]]]]
A modern passenger terminal adjacent to the new runway opened in 1986 followed by the closure of the original 1930s building.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Liverpool John Lennon Airport | year = 2004 | url = http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/about_us/index.html?history | title = Liverpool John Lennon Airport History | access-date = 15 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311043116/http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/about_us/index.html?history|archive-date=11 March 2005}}</ref>

The original terminal building dating from the late 1930s, famously seen on early television footage with its terraces packed with [[The Beatles|Beatles]] fans, was left derelict until converted into a hotel, opening in 2001, preserving its [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] [[Art Deco]] style. It was part of the [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]] chain of hotels, but is currently the [[Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel]] after a renovation in August 2008.<ref name="fola">{{cite web|publisher=Friends of Liverpool Airport |year=2011 |url=http://www.fola.org.uk/current.html |title=Recent History and Current Developments |access-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624063000/http://www.fola.org.uk/current.html |archive-date=24 June 2012 }}</ref> The former [[Airport ramp|apron]] of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including [[BAe Jetstream 41]] prototype G-JMAC and [[Bristol Britannia]] G-ANCF, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The two art-deco-style [[hangar]]s that flank the terminal and apron have also been converted for new uses: one is now a [[David Lloyd (tennis)|David Lloyd]] [[leisure centre]], the other the headquarters of the [[Very Group]], called Skyways House.<ref name="fola" /><ref name="marriott">{{cite web | publisher = Marriott International Inc | url = http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LPLMS | title = Liverpool Marriott Hotel South | access-date = 15 November 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051126111239/http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LPLMS | archive-date = 26 November 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="jscb">{{cite web | url = http://www.jetstream-club.org/ | title = The Jetstream Club | publisher = The Jetstream Club | access-date = 9 September 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080921203138/http://www.jetstream-club.org/ | archive-date = 21 September 2008 }}</ref><ref name="jgw">{{cite web | title = Home shopping jobs go west | work = [[Manchester Evening News]] | date = 14 July 2005 | access-date = 9 September 2008 | first = Patricia | last = Roberts | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/165/165857_home_shopping_jobs_go_west.html }}</ref>

In 1990, the airport was privatised, with [[British Aerospace]] taking a 76% shareholding in the new company. Subsequently, the airport has become a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Peel Group|Peel Holdings]].<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk" />