Ash cloud chaos cost airport 'six figure sum'
19.05.10
Norwich Airport lost a significant six-figure sum as a result of the disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud, its new boss Andrew Bell told the Norwich Evening News. But he said he was confident that the blanket closures of UK airspace would not return and that any future disruption would be far more limited.
Mr Bell, who took over as chief executive at the airport just 7 weeks ago, said: ‘It has been unwelcome. We started our new financial period on April 1 and 3 weeks in, we were already one week down. The April closure cost us several hundred thousand pounds.'
He said the airport had coped by asking staff to take paid leave during the time it was closed. On the effect of the ash cloud disruption on passengers, he added: ‘What it is doing right now is knocking already fragile consumer confidence.'
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