London Biggin Hill Airport Reaping Rewards of Heavy investment

The facility is on track to record its strongest year ever with increased traffic and infrastructure development.

Bombardier’s new Biggin Hill MRO facility, with a 650,000-sq-ft hangar, is already operating. A grand-opening is scheduled in November.

By Kate Sarsfield • Contributor - UK

October 12, 2022

London Biggin Hill Airport—the UK capital's number-two business aviation hub—has exhibited at NBAA-BACE for many years, using it to promote its offering to VIP aircraft owners and operators. Robert Walters, Biggin Hill’s commercial director, calls transatlantic flights “a relatively small but growing portion” of the traffic at Biggin Hill, but said they account for a “healthy share of long-range aircraft movements to the site.”

Heavy investment in the airport—a former wartime airbase 18 kilometers (11.2 miles) from central London—has been a driving force behind Biggin Hill’s appeal to domestic and international business aircraft travelers. “Our vision for the airport is bold,” Walters noted. “But we are committed to providing high-end services for the business aviation community and retaining our position as one of the leading business aviation hubs not only in the UK but in Europe, too.”

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