Rising figures at airport
September 9th, 2008
posted by Cptn
Passenger figures for Exeter airport (sorry, Exeter International Airport) took off in August, despite the fears of the so-called ‘credit crunch’. Apparently, 114,600 passengers either departed or arrived during the month - the highest in the airport’s history. Tis a pity then, that environmental plans (carbon neutral for groundstaff by 2015), are so weak and possibly unachievable and that the money’s dripping out of the area, with people choosing to take their holidays to Tenerife, Majorca, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.
The airport’s deputy managing director, Jamie Christon, told the Midweek Herlad: “The most popular destinations from Exeter were to Tenerife, Majorca, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, but there was a notable take up for the flights to Turkey and the 20th year for our flights to Toronto have proved a great success. The Air Transat aircraft and the operator Canadian Affair have already guaranteed to provide the service in 2009.
Airport passenger traffic, they say, was up by one per cent from the previous year, and charter holiday routes had a growth of three per cent.
It would be good to see the levels of tourism within Devon the airport promotes - afterall we live in a culturally rich holiday destination ourselves…
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1. Kevin | September 9th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
But will Exeter’s Airport’s ’success’ be sustainable? The advent of cheap air travel has allowed business and leisure travel to become a part of our culture, and we take it for granted. However, rapid increases in oil prices, and particularly jet fuel prices, has caused a wave of airline bankruptcies - at least 26 so far with more to come.
The main stream media continues to see oil price rises as being a temporary problem caused by speculation, OPEC or the oil companies. Recent falls in the price of oil disguise the underlying long-term problems of stagnant production and increasing demand. We now see 110 dollar a barrel oil as cheap, but these previously unthinkable prices are now permanent and will most likely increase in the very near future.
Indeed, if peak oil is more than just a theory, airlines will be the first victim. There’s a saying from Saudi Arabia: “My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel.”
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