Coventry Airport signs £4m air traffic control contract
19.06.10
Less than five weeks after acquiring Coventry Airport, Sir Peter Rigby’s aviation group, Patriot Aerospace, has signed a £4million contract with Serco for air traffic services. The objective of the deal is to get the airport fully operational as quickly as possible, and provide the highest levels of air traffic services with full radar and instrumental approaches, a spokesman said.
Sir Peter added: ‘We are confident we have selected the best option in Serco for the future air traffic service for Coventry Airport. With the co-operation of the Civil Aviation Authority and the new provider we will have full air traffic services operational shortly.'
‘This underpins our strategy to resume full normal operations, including attracting business jet traffic, freight and potentially future airline operations. Since acquiring the airfield we have created 30 new jobs, introduced the first new aviation business in the form of Heliflight, our own helicopter flying training school, seen the launch of the new Air Base operation and secured approximately 400 jobs in tenant businesses on and associated with the airport. We are now preparing our plans for its future development and expect to progress these in the coming months.’
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