Farnborough Pursues Green Agenda As Traffic Grows

The London-area Farnborough Airport has seen traffic continue to grow since last summer's Olympic Games.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

January 22, 2013

The London-area Farnborough Airport has been capitalizing on the 2011 lifting of the number of movements it can receive annually. According to the dedicated business aviation gateway’s owner and operator TAG Aviation, traffic increased significantly during 2012, and not just because of the biennial Farnborough International airshow in July and last summer’s London Olympic Games. Last year, the airport—located 35 miles southwest of downtown London—received 24,000 movements, which was still well within the increased annual limit of 37,000 for 2012. This movements ceiling has risen to 41,000 for 2012 as it progressively increases to 50,000 in 2019. “The Olympics resulted in a significant spike in movements at Farnborough, especially for aircraft carrying heads-of-state, IOC [International Olympic Committee] members and sponsors,” Brandon O’Reilly, CEO of TAG London Farnborough Airport told AIN. “We have seen some of these aircraft return to Farnborough after we were able to demonstrate why the airport is such a good choice.”

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