Newquay gets massive EU grant

NEWQUAY AIRPORT, the only scheduled airport in Cornwall, has received a UKP24.6m boost funded from the EU.  This new approval extends the scope of the permitted aid by an additional UKP24.3m over the previously approved UKP44.2m package of aid it was awarded in 2007, much of it spent on the works required for the transition from a military base (RAF St Mawgan) to a CAA-licensed commercial airport.  The grant will allow the airport to push ahead with a major improvement programme involving use of former Ministry of Defence land.  Currently the airport is served by Air Southwest, bmibaby, Flybe, Jet 2, Lufthansa, Ryanair and Skybus to 19 destinations, some of these summer only, and including three London airports, London City, Gatwick and Stansted.  In 2008 the airport moved 466,000 passengers, a 15% increase over the previous year. www.newquay-airport.co.uk

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