One report from the British Parliament, dated 2000, reported that Spain blocked the inclusion of Gibraltar Airport in the Single European Sky, meaning the whole package was suspended.

In September 2003 the Met Office moved its headquarters to a purpose-built £ 80m structure near Exeter Airport and the A30, in Devon, being officially opened on 21 June 2004 — a few weeks short of its 150th anniversary — by Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, from its previous location of Bracknell in Berkshire, and it has a worldwide presenceincluding a forecasting centre in Aberdeen, and offices in Gibraltar and on the Falklands.

Until 16 December 2006, the only flights from Gibraltar Airport, were those to the UK.

It provides en-route air traffic control services to flights within the UK Flight Information Regions and the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area, and provides air traffic control services to fifteen UK airports and Gibraltar Airport.

* Gibraltar Airport

In 1987 he supported the position of the Government of Gibraltar and the Assembly against any agreement between Spain and the United Kingdom with regard to the joint use of the Airport of Gibraltar.

In February 1988, Bossano and Adolfo Canepa, the leader of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, stated that the Gibraltar House of Assembly would not approve the agreement reached by Spain and UK in December 1987 on the joint use of the Airport unless Spain accepted the British sovereignty over the isthmus.

However, Hassan resigned without completing his term as Chief Minister in 1987 after an agreement on the shared use of Gibraltar Airport was signed by Spain and the United Kingdom, citing personal reasons.

Gibraltar Airport is the nearest international airport serving Estepona.

Administered by British Forces Gibraltar, the station functions as the Rock's civilian airport – Gibraltar Airport, with the civilian airport's passenger terminal building and apron facilities located on the north side of the runway while the apron and hangar of RAF Gibraltar are located on the south side of the runway.

GB Airways Airbus A320 landing at Gibraltar Airport.

He resigned without completing his term as Chief Minister in 1987 after an agreement on the shared use of Gibraltar Airport was signed by Spain and the United Kingdom, citing personal reasons.

Hassan resigned without completing his term as Chief Minister in 1987 after an agreement on the shared use of Gibraltar Airport was signed by Spain and the United Kingdom, citing personal reasons.

The sandy beach extends from the north of Catalan Bay to the runway of Gibraltar Airport.

Jerez Airport is conveniently located for access to Gibraltar, Cadiz, Tarifa, Seville or even the Costa del Sol which is a 90 minute drive away.

The airline's planned flight hubs were London Stansted Airport, Gibraltar, Germany and Spain.

Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

United States Army Air Force men in a Spitfire at Gibraltar Airport observing the performance of another one in flight ( 1942 ).

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

In 1937, the school moved from the city center to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after the mansion which owned the grounds, where it is now located.

: The exact beginning of the English / British control of Gibraltar is hard to determine.

: The Treaty stipulated that no overland trade between Gibraltar and Spain was to take place, except for emergency provisions in the case that Gibraltar is unable to be supplied by sea.

* 1749 – 1754 – Liutenant General Humphrey Bland is the Governor of Gibraltar.

George Tomlinson is enthroned as the first Bishop of Gibraltar.

Even though Spain, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar are all part of the European Union, the border fence is still relevant today since Gibraltar is outside the customs union.

The history of Gibraltar from the Second World War is characterized by two main elements: the increasing autonomy and self-government achieved by Gibraltarians and the re-emergence of the Spanish claim, especially during the years of the Francoist dictatorship.

* 1944 April – The situation in Gibraltar is considered safe and the first of the evacuees return to Gibraltar.

* 1966-In response, the Spanish Foreign Office Minister Fernando Castiella, published and presented to the Spanish Courts the " Spanish Red Book " ( named so because of its cover ; its reference is " Negociaciones sobre Gibraltar.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Gibraltar, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

One of the main features of Gibraltar ’ s population is the diversity of their ethnic origins.

A larger group is formed by the Britons who moved to Gibraltar and settled down.

The politics of Gibraltar takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Overseas Territory, whereby the Monarch of the United Kingdom is the constitutional head of state represented by the Governor of Gibraltar and.

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the head of Government.

As a British Overseas Territory, the Government of Gibraltar is not subordinate to the Government of the United Kingdom.

Gibraltar is represented in the European Union, having been the only British Overseas Territory to have joined the European Economic Community under the British Treaty of Accession ( 1973 ).

As an overseas territory of Britain, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor of Gibraltar.

The largest and most frequently published newspaper is the Gibraltar Chronicle, Gibraltar ’ s oldest established daily newspaper and the world ’ s second oldest English language newspaper to have been in print continuously with daily editions six days a week.

Gibraltar Point is part of the twice daily inshore waters forecast in the extended form of the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

British Airways also flies daily into Gibraltar from London Heathrow being operated by an Airbus A320-200.

* 711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula ( Al-Andalus ).

Battle of Gibraltar of 1607 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.

Flavius and the Book of Jubilees described the continents as the lands given by Noah to his three sons ; Europe was defined as stretching from the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, separating it from North Africa, to the Don, separating it from Asia.

Following the fall of the Roman Empire, Gibraltar was occupied by the Vandals and later the Goths kingdoms.

* 1231-After the collapse of the Almohad Empire, Gibraltar was taken by Ibn Hud, Taifa emir of Murcia.

* 1310 31 January – Gibraltar was granted its first Charter by the king Ferdinand IV of Castile.

* 1316-Gibraltar was unsuccessfully besieged by the Nasrid caid Yahya ( Second Siege of Gibraltar ).

* 1333 June – A Marinid army, led by Abd al-Malik, the son of Abul Hassan, the Marinid sultan, recovered Gibraltar, after a five-month siege ( Third Siege of Gibraltar ).

: King Alfonso XI of Castile attempted to retake Gibraltar aided by the fleet of the Castilian Admiral Alonso Jofre Tenorio.

Alfonso of Castile, half-brother of Henry IV and puppet pretender handled by the nobility, granted him the Lordship of Gibraltar ( Ninth Siege of Gibraltar ).

* 1469 3 June – After the death of Alfonso de Castilla and the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia, his son and heir Enrique de Guzman, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia changed side and in reward, saw the status of Gibraltar, as part of the domains of the Duke, confirmed by the Queen Isabella I of Castile.

* 1492 Summer – After the death of the former Duke, his son and heir, Juan Alfonso Perez de Guzman, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia saw his lordship over Gibraltar reluctantly renewed by the Catholic Monarchs.

The Coat of arms of Gibraltar | arms granted to the city of Gibraltar by a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo, Spain | Toledo on 10 July 1502 by Isabella I of Castile

* 1502 10 July – By a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo by Isabella I of Castile, Gibraltar was granted its coat of arms: " An escutcheon on which the upper two thirds shall be a white field and on the said field set a red castle, and below the said castle, on the other third of the escutcheon, which must be a red field in which there must be a white line between the castle and the said red field, there shall be a golden key which hangs by a chain from the said castle, as are here figured ".

* 1506-Alleging a false donation by the king Philip I of Castile, the Duke of Medina Sidonia attempted to recover Gibraltar by besieging the town.

* 1540 8 September – Corsairs from the Barbary Coast ( ruled by Barbarossa ) landed at Gibraltar in sixteen galleys, looting the town and taking away many captives.