Aviation News Item: 00979

24th Sep 2009

Source: fly-corporate.com

London Oxford Airport, UK, is bucking the trend in business aviation activity with a year on year increase of 9% in private aviation movements.

The airport has also seen a significant increase in fuel sales with the highest monthly uplift levels to date seen in August and September. In August this year, the airport switched its supplier to Gulf Aviation (for both Avgas and Avtur).

"The green shoots we are seeing are largely as a result of more private/owner flying," said Steve Jones, Managing Director, addressing the VLJ Europe 09 conference today, but when the charter market upturn comes, and we are seeing signs here that it is, Oxford is going to be extremely well placed with a whole range of aircraft now based at the airport and these include a growing number of entry level jets."

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