Coventry Airport to become London City of the Midlands
From : Flightglobal
Published : 08/07/08
Despite signs of an UK economic slowdown, business aviation is booming, and corporate operators are looking at smaller airports outside the capital for extra capacity....
Coventry airport traditionally has specialised in air cargo, but owner Howard Holdings has ambitions to turn it into the "London City of the Midlands" as part of a much larger airport expansion now going through the planning process.
Blue City Aviation has been operating the FBO since earlier this year, although airport managing director Chris Orphanou says the long-term plan is to build a bigger facility catering for business aviation, together with a heliport.
"Our business strategy includes bolstering the amount of corporate jet charters and with our 24/7 availability and close proximity to all the major motorways, we have a real advantage in serving this buoyant fraternity. Our costs too are considerably lower than the London-centric business aviation airports," he says.