Airports
Increasing bizav traffic brings smaller Euro airports into play
Recent European orders for executive turbine aircraft, including VLJs, signal an influx of executive aircraft into European airspace.

Recent European orders for executive turbine aircraft, including VLJs, signal an influx of executive aircraft into European airspace. Will the Continent’s existing infrastructure be able to accommodate the increasing executive air traffic at a time when scheduled low-cost and holiday charter airlines are also rapidly expanding?

Brian Humphries, CEO of the European Business Aviation Association, voiced concern at EBACE, held in Geneva this spring, about airlines muscling business traffic out of secondary airports, citing London Luton as an example. While executive aircraft have been welcome there until recently, a new slot-control system gives scheduled traffic preference.