Airports
London Oxford Airport Sees Rise in Bizav Traffic
Oxford is not the closest airport to London but has compelling advantages over airports when considering the short helicopter ride to the city.

London Oxford Airport has reported a significant increase in larger private jets as it becomes one of the mainstream London airports for business aviation, especially for intercontinental visitors, following a number of ongoing improvements. The airport handles more than 8,000 business aviation passengers a year, equating to some 5,700 flights, with the number of business jets weighing 40 metric tons (88,180 pounds) or more having increased by 37 percent last year and 46 percent over the past two years, business development director James Dillon-Godfray told AIN yesterday. Meanwhile the number of jets with a gross weight of less than eight metric tons (17,640 pounds) was up 29 percent year-on-year, he added.