A DISUSED UK airport could serve more than a million people every single year, if it is given the investment it needs to reopen. Aviation experts have analysed the potential of the transport hub near the south coast and predicted that hundreds of thousands of people could benefit from it resuming activity, if not more. Since 2011, Plymouth Airport has been closed following the cancellation of the Air Southwest service to London Gatwick.
However, the airport has been safeguarded for general aviation use since 2014 and there are still those who hope flights will return there in the near future. Those who want to see it reopen were given a boost this week after aviation consultants from EA Maven said it could serve as many as a million people using different aircraft. They include small fixed-wing electric and vertical take-off aircraft, which could jet off from the airport across the country.
Reports produced by the aviation experts claimed that Plymouth could become connected to as many as 28 different UK airports, saving travellers time and money. What's more, the added flights would increase their access to connecting flights heading to international destinations. Darrell Swanson from the company also believes that the local area could benefit from “considerable economic gains”.
He told the Plymouth Herald : “It is perfectly feasible. Plymouth has a great opportunity to develop regional routes within the UK that would give opportunities for international flights. "As l.
