Biggin Hill Elevates To No 8 In Europe as 2012 Olympic Countdown Begins

NEWS RELEASE

 

BHAP Nr 22/11

28^th September 2011

 

 

London’s Biggin Hill Airport has leapt up the rankings of ‘Most Popular Arrivals Airport’ to position at No 8 in Europe in the latest business aircraft classification published last week.    

 

Analysed and assessed by Avinode Business Intelligence (www.avinode.com) the listing includes CIS airports such as Moscow’s Vnukovo that retains the Number one position again.

 

In a separate statistical presentation, London Biggin Hill continues to claim 3^rd place in the UK ranking of ‘average daily business departures’ with a year to date growth rate of 12.9%.

 

As the management team at Biggin Hill move towards the final planning stage of preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, Managing Director Jenny Munro says that the upgrading of the infrastructure and the opening of new key facilities at the airport during the year will extend choice and enhance customer service.

 

“With three top quality FBO’s at the airport, the number augmented  with the recent opening of the Rizonjet facility, choice becomes a meaningful entity, as is the case with the MRO’s now available here.   The opening last month of our new 50,000 sq ft hangar and associated ramp has brought a surge in new customer enquiries” she says.

 

Attending a London Chamber of Commerce dinner last week presided by IAG Chief Executive Willie Walsh in the City of London at which Olympic supreme Lord Coe was Guest of Honour, Jenny Munro and Business Development Manager Robert Walters had an opportunity to sample the 2012 Olympic torch and to compare it with the torch used at the 1948 Olympics held in London. 

 

“We are proud to be carrying a torch for the 2012 Games and all of us at Biggin Hill Airport welcome this unique opportunity to look after business aircraft, their passengers and crews from around the world, at one of the principal  gateways to London and the Olympic Park” says Jenny Munro    

 

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Picture: Airport MD Jenny Munro with a vintage Olympic torch as  used at the 1948 London Games,

 Robert Walters (Business Development Manager) sampling the 2012 version.

 

**Jenny Munro and Robert Walters will be at NBAA 2011.  The Biggin Hill Airport stand is C 9613 where all delegates and visitors will be welcome**