New Blackpool Airport owners target London link
10.05.07
Blackpool Airport's new owners have said that flights to London are their top target. Balfour Beatty also announced that it will pump £90m into upgrading and expanding the airport, and that it wants to increase passenger numbers by more than four million over the next 30 years.
The construction, engineering and infrastructure company bought a 95 percent stake in Blackpool Airport this week from Northern Ireland-based Mar Properties in a deal worth £14m. It has already started work on getting new routes and will work with partners Regional and City Airports and airport investors Churchill to deliver ‘an exciting future for Blackpool and beyond,’ a spokesman said.
Blackpool lost its Stansted connection last year, but hopes are high of re-establishing a route to London. Al Romeu, president of Churchill Airports Ltd, said: ‘We want to make sure we are the airport of choice. To do that we want to get back a capital service as soon as possible. It will be one of our key priorities.’
Balfour Beatty says new developments at the hub will include re-branding the airport, increasing car parking facilities and transport routes. Clive Coleman, technical director for Balfour Beatty, said: ‘Blackpool Airport represents a strategic investment for us. We see it as the next plank in developing our airport portfolio and we want Blackpool to grow.’
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