2017 Hopes and Expectations

[Cruzeiro do Sul]

1. That a U.K. offshore wind industry supply chain develops rapidly.
This will benefit steel fabricators and engineers in the hinterland and raise the U.K. content of expenditure to which we are, as consumers of U.K. energy, the principal paymasters. This will also have the effect of stimulating demand for Danish routes from HUY, which has fallen since Siemens completed their initial training programme.

2. That the gradual rise in energy prices leads to an increase in demand for helicopter operations in the Southern North Sea Basin and increased traffic on the Aberdeen route.

3. That Thomson are eventually able to start a summer Tenerife route as was their announced intention for 2017 and that they also add one or two Mediterranean destinations.

4. That the new Eastern Airways charter programme for Omega is a success and that the extended British Airways summer charter programme at HUY achieves good loads.

5. That the newly-appointed City of Culture Liaison Executive is able to generate new passenger flows through the airport in 2017.

 

[Aviador]

All seem reasonable possibilities. All the best for the new year Cruzeiro.

 

[Cruzeiro do Sul]

Thank you, Aviador. Best wishes to you and all members of this site for 2017.

I think the management have given an indication that we are not to expect transformational strategies involving sweetheart deals and low cost carriers at the Eastern end of the M180!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Gibraltar

Could be having a short season for four weeks next July.

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0....m-uk-airports-to-gibraltar-trialled-next-july

 

[Pat]

That is good news for the airport

 

[Jerry]

Hopefully they'll be successful and extended to other airports as well.

 

[Cruzeiro do Sul]

Hopes are high that new arrangements which came into effect with the winter timetable will generate increased traffic.

Numbers so far are encouraging. The introduction of the Embraer 175 / 190 has increased KLM traffic on the Amsterdam route by 12% compared with November last year.

The new marketing arrangement with Flybe coincides with a 19% increase on the Eastern Airways Aberdeen route in November compared with November last year.