Stansted holds back Flybe Norwich Airport growth
14.09.08
The ‘shadow of Stansted’ has stopped Flybe from increasing its business at Norwich Airport as much as hoped, the Eastern Daily Press reports. Mike Rutter, the airline's chief operating officer, said Flybe was still battling to make its mark on passengers within an hour and a half's journey from Norwich - and claimed Norwich International's airport development fee was hampering its efforts.
Mr Rutter said that Flybe intended to serve routes from Norwich for the long-term. But he told the newspaper: ‘The shadow of Stansted means that it has been a very difficult job to grow aggressively the Norwich market in the way we had hoped and originally envisaged.'
‘We won the battle to get people within the one hour catchment area to fly from Norwich. But for an airport of that size, you've also got to win the battle to get people in the hour and a half catchment. So far we've struggled to penetrate that and people still seem addicted to Stansted and the joys of security check-ins and queues and car parking charges.'
‘What should be a straightforward economic choice with people opting for Norwich has partly been queried by the airport development fee.’
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