2 MAY 2011

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Article from BTNews 2 MAY 2011

Plymouth City Airport to close

Devon and Cornwall’s largest city, Plymouth, is to lose its airport at the end of December (as predicted by AERBT).  The loss of the airport is an economic disaster for the city of Plymouth, over 200 miles from London and with very poor surface connections to the nation’s capital.

The site leaseholder, property company Sutton Harbour, has blamed “economic conditions” but the demise of the operation can be traced to a lack of foresight by the local council, and the purchase of Brymon Airways, who developed the site, known locally as Roborough, by British Airways for its Heathrow slot value.  Air Southwest, the successor to Brymon, was set up by the same management team that pulled the airline out of London City, saying that the airport had “no future”.  Air Southwest was also owned by Sutton Harbour for whom the airport was clearly in a long term plan to develop housing.

Sutton Harbour announced the closure on the eve of the Royal Wedding. www.plymouthairport.com

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