Inverness Airport passengers down on fewer flights
01.09.08
The number of passengers using Inverness Airport has dropped by more than 7,000 in the last year, the Press & Journal reports. Senior management at Highlands and Islands Airports blamed the drop on the controversial withdrawal of flights between the Highland capital and Heathrow.
Despite the airport recording its busiest ever month in July, HIAL’s figures show that the running total of passengers for this year has plunged by 7,206 – from 264,038 to 256,832 – compared with last year.
Bmi scrapped its flights between Inverness and Heathrow in March, blaming an increase in taxes faced by airlines, combined with a lack of passengers. Business leaders and politicians told the newspaper that the statistics proved the link should be reinstated.
Despite the fall at Inverness, 468,809 passengers have used HIAL’s 10 airports in the first 4 months of the year, an 1.8% increase on last year. Managing director Inglis Lyon said: ‘We have to recognise that this winter will be a challenging one for airlines and airports. The priority is to maintain our links with comparable volumes of passengers to last year.’
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