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Belfast International Airport as key employment site
Belfast International Airport is a major employment hub with over 6,000 employees and a key gateway to Northern Ireland, handling significant passenger and cargo traffic.
Antrim and Newtownabbey is home to Belfast International Airport, one of our key employment sites with over 6,000 employed in the various businesses and the foremost gateway to Northern Ireland. It welcomed 5.8 million passengers in the year up to March 2018 and handled over 28,000 tonnes of cargo in the same year.
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