Airports
Farnborough Airport Primed for More U.S. Traffic
Dedicated business aviation airport has been growing steadily but is still only at half capacity.
As a dedicated business aviation facility, Farnborough Airport serves as a major gateway to the London market. Photo: Ian Sheppard
As a dedicated business aviation facility, Farnborough Airport serves as a major gateway to the London market. Photo: Ian Sheppard

TAG Farnborough Airport (Booth 1867) is ready to welcome more U.S. visitors. While the airport’s overall aircraft movements for 2016, up to the end of September (the end of the third quarter), showed only a modest increase over 2015, the number of visitors from the U.S. was up by 6.7 percent. According to Brandon O’Reilly, chief executive of TAG Farnborough, “The statistics show an interesting story, and corporate America is most certainly traveling.” However, this still only represents 4 percent of total movements at Farnborough, and is up from 3.8 percent in 2015. In absolute numbers the U.S. launched 730 movements last year and 779 this year, both through the end of September.