Oxford traffic ascends as bizav downturn lifts
The UK’s Oxford Airport (Booth No.

The UK’s Oxford Airport (Booth No. 1359) is achieving recession-busting traffic figures. For the period from April 2009 to March 2010 there was a 31.6-percent increase in the numbers of all visiting aircraft (including scheduled airline services) and a 12-percent increase in all business aviation movements.

By contrast, according to Eurocontrol data, airports across Europe on average saw a 12-percent dip in business aviation traffic last year. The Oxford growth trend seems to be continuing with a 25-percent increase in bizav movements during the first quarter of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009.