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Gloucestershire Airport has been mentioned in another forum and I thought I would have a look at what it offers. The following is the beginning of its blurb on its website.
Gloucestershire Airport, lying in the heart of the Cotswolds directly between Cheltenham and Gloucester is just 3 minutes from the M5/A40 junction. Serving a catchment area of 1.5m people and 3500 businesses from the Midlands to north Bristol, it is one of the smartest General Aviation airports in the country.
Commercially, the Airport caters for both business and leisure, with Scheduled Services to the Isle of Man, Belfast City and Jersey, operated by Manx2.com, using an environmentally friendly, 19-seater turboprop.
Additionally, 10 companies at the Airport offer specialist charter and management services for both fixed wing and helicopters ranging from 6-19 seats. This is a rapidly expanding market offering point to point, niche services, which are a cost effective, viable alternative to scheduled services from major airports saving that most precious of business commodities, time.
The Airport is home to around 160 based aircraft, ranging from single-seat, homebuilt ultralights to multimillion dollar, state-of-the art Executive Jets. Over 85 000 flights are handled each year, making Gloucestershire Airport one of the busiest in the UK.
http://www.gloucestershireairport.co.uk/
I've often passed close to this airport when travelling between Bristol and Birmingham on the M5 and have thought how well it is sited in terms of access.
Its limited runway length restricts use to corporate jets and turbo props but it is well situated in an affluent part of the country with wealthy people living in considerable numbers in the Cotswolds that are on its doorstep. Furthermore, the Gloucester and Cheltenham urban areas are both close to the airport, providing business passengers, and the outer edges of the Bristol and Birmingham conurbations are not that far away, especially the areas around the large business area of North Bristol. It's probably quicker to get to GLO along the M5 from there than it is to cross the city to reach BRS.
When Manx2 began flying to the Isle of Man a couple of years ago it soon spelt the end for the Eastern Airways service from Bristol to the Isle of Man.
I hadn't realised quite how busy GLO is in terms of movements. The 85,000 flights handled each year are more than the 60,000 air transport movements from BRS, albeit total movements at BRS with its corporate jets, flying schools and private flyers is greater.
The hassle-free experience of small airports such as GLO must be an attraction, especially to regular business travellers, and I can see scope for considerable expansion of scheduled services.
Gloucestershire Airport, lying in the heart of the Cotswolds directly between Cheltenham and Gloucester is just 3 minutes from the M5/A40 junction. Serving a catchment area of 1.5m people and 3500 businesses from the Midlands to north Bristol, it is one of the smartest General Aviation airports in the country.
Commercially, the Airport caters for both business and leisure, with Scheduled Services to the Isle of Man, Belfast City and Jersey, operated by Manx2.com, using an environmentally friendly, 19-seater turboprop.
Additionally, 10 companies at the Airport offer specialist charter and management services for both fixed wing and helicopters ranging from 6-19 seats. This is a rapidly expanding market offering point to point, niche services, which are a cost effective, viable alternative to scheduled services from major airports saving that most precious of business commodities, time.
The Airport is home to around 160 based aircraft, ranging from single-seat, homebuilt ultralights to multimillion dollar, state-of-the art Executive Jets. Over 85 000 flights are handled each year, making Gloucestershire Airport one of the busiest in the UK.
http://www.gloucestershireairport.co.uk/
I've often passed close to this airport when travelling between Bristol and Birmingham on the M5 and have thought how well it is sited in terms of access.
Its limited runway length restricts use to corporate jets and turbo props but it is well situated in an affluent part of the country with wealthy people living in considerable numbers in the Cotswolds that are on its doorstep. Furthermore, the Gloucester and Cheltenham urban areas are both close to the airport, providing business passengers, and the outer edges of the Bristol and Birmingham conurbations are not that far away, especially the areas around the large business area of North Bristol. It's probably quicker to get to GLO along the M5 from there than it is to cross the city to reach BRS.
When Manx2 began flying to the Isle of Man a couple of years ago it soon spelt the end for the Eastern Airways service from Bristol to the Isle of Man.
I hadn't realised quite how busy GLO is in terms of movements. The 85,000 flights handled each year are more than the 60,000 air transport movements from BRS, albeit total movements at BRS with its corporate jets, flying schools and private flyers is greater.
The hassle-free experience of small airports such as GLO must be an attraction, especially to regular business travellers, and I can see scope for considerable expansion of scheduled services.