Flybe boss calls better road access to Cardiff Airport
22.09.10
Improved road access to Cardiff Airport would remove ‘an excuse‘ for airlines and passengers not to use it, the Western Mail reports the chief commercial officer of Flybe said yesterday. Mike Rutter also said that revenue levels from Flybe flights at the airport had increased year on year (on a weighted measure) by just over 50% for its last financial year to the end of March.
Although not impacting on passenger and revenue growth for Flybe in Cardiff, Mr Rutter said the airport needed to be able to attract passengers from Bristol. On shelved plans to improve road access to Cardiff Airport he said: ‘You don’t want to give too many excuses not to use Cardiff Airport. The access road needs to be improved and you cannot blame the airport’s management. However, to win business from Bristol, which has a bigger capacity, it has to be better.’
Mr Rutter, however, said he was particularly pleased with the Cardiff services to Glasgow and Edinburgh – with turnover growth exceeding expectations. He said: ‘Glasgow was up 45% and Edinburgh up 72%.' For the year the airline accommodated 218,000 passengers on flights in and out of Cardiff – up 2% on the previous year - with 42% of passengers travelling for business.
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