Former airline boss to advise Cornish airport
Former Air Southwest and Brymon Airways boss Malcolm Naylor is to advise Newquay Cornwall Airport.
He will bring 20 years airline experience to the airport in an advisory capacity, also working with the airport’s development team on commercial projects.
Naylor, who stepped down from the AirSouthwest in May. said: “Newquay Airport is one of the fastest growing regional airports with vast potential and the benefit of significant EU funding.
“It has an increasingly vital role to play in bolstering the Cornish economy through facilitating more business and tourism and I look forward to playing a key part in helping to achieve this.”
The airport has expanded in five years with passenger numbers increasing from around 70,000 in 2001 up to 352,000 in 2006. The existing terminal will be able handle up to 700,000 passengers by 2011.
A new terminal being planned will enable the airport to handle up to two million passengers.
by Phil Davies
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