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Smooth Blackpool Airport experiences with no queues highlight exactly why it wouldn’t work

July 21, 2022

The future of Blackpool Airport continues to be discussed by people with opposing points of view

While holiday-makers face long queues at regional airports, Blackpool Airport will continue to focus on the private jet market and helicopter services – with the return of flights to the Isle of Man also being explored.

That is the message from Blackpool Council leader Coun Lynn Williams who warns the resort’s Squires Gate Lane air terminal is “competing with the likes of Manchester and Liverpool, both of which have benefited from massive investment and subsidy.”

During a visit to Blackpool Airport in June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenged the council, which owns the airport, to look again at the possibility of bringing commercial passenger flights back. He said said the council should look at what had been achieved at Teeside Airport which now has “bars, duty free, conference facilities and flights going to holiday destinations in Europe.”

But in her Leader’s Blog, published this month, Coun Williams says the future of the airport is not a political issue but “purely about financial risk.”

She writes: “I agree that flying in and out of Blackpool to European destinations was a great experience with no queues and rapid arrival and departure in an uncrowded terminal. I totally understand why people would like the opportunity to do that again, but it is the fact that there were no queues that is the problem.

“At our peak in 2007, the airport lost £2m and during Balfour Beattie’s 10-year ownership, it lost around £27m. Airports do lose money and that is offset by parking and retail income. The reality is that we have never had the numbers to enable our airport to get anywhere close to break even.”

Coun Williams also dismissed Mr Johnson’s suggestion Blackpool should follow in the footsteps of other smaller regional airports such as Teesside, as other smaller airports are also losing money.

“Until then, with aircraft movements currently at their highest level in 20 years with successful operations including helicopters servicing the Irish Sea rigs, pilot training and recent growth in private jet movements, our Airport board will continue to ensure that we attract and create good jobs and contracts for the airport to secure its future, to include ongoing discussions about flights to the Isle of Man.”

By

Shelagh ParkinsonLocal democracy reporter
  • 05:05, 21 JUL 2022

 

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