AOA UK Air Links

ComRes interviewed 500 senior financial decision makers in the UK between the 7th and 17th October 2013. Data were weighted to be representative of all UK businesses with a turnover of £50,000 +.  ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.

Date Published: 20 Oct 2013

Categories: Business | Professionals | Public Sector | Transport | UK

Description

business CONCERNS about uk AIR LINKS AND whether the Airports Commission’s FINDINGS will be delivered

Less than half of senior financial decision-makers are satisfied with UK air links to existing, traditional overseas markets and emerging overseas markets; and fewer than two in five have confidence that the solutions put forward by Sir Howard Davies’ Airports Commission to address long-term connectivity needs will be delivered. These are the key findings of a ComRes survey commissioned by the Airport Operators Association (AOA), which questioned 500 UK senior business decision-makers this month.

The poll comes ahead of the Annual AOA Conference on 21 & 22 October, which will see Sir Howard Davies delivering a keynote address, and just two months before the Airports Commission is due to publish an Interim Report setting out a shortlist of options for maintaining the UK’s status as an international hub for aviation.

The survey found:

·         Less than half of senior financial decision-makers in the UK say that they are very or fairly satisfied with UK air links to existing, traditional overseas markets (49%), and just two fifths (43%) say they are satisfied with UK air links to emerging overseas markets (43%).

·         Fewer than two in five senior financial decision makers in the UK (37%) say they have confidence that the Airports Commission’s solutions for the UK’s long term connectivity needs will be delivered, with a similar proportion (36%) saying they do not have confidence the solutions will be delivered.