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The above is a link to the report of an interview given to the Bristol evening newspaper by the new MD of BRS, Paul Kehoe, who will take up his post on Monday.
Some of the points touched on are as follows:
Mr Kehoe moved to Luton in 2001 and says he turned around a £10 million annual loss to a £20 million annual profit by getting rid of several hundred members of staff and renegotiating contracts. However, he maintains this will not happen at BRS which he says is a "tightly run ship".
In an allusion to easyJet he says, "If someone has more than 50% of the routes at a airport then I start to worry". When at Luton he increased easyJet's charges to that airport.
He is anticipating a fight with anti-expansionists but says he has experience of this sort of thing when at Luton.
He intends "sorting out" the security queues and is also keen to attract more business pax.
He is critical of the decision to close the runway in January.
The report also mentions Mr Kehoe's relationship with Maxjet.
A new broom will inevitably try to make a quick impression so time will tell whether any of this is mere hype.
It seems the airport's relationship with easyJet might change a bit if the new MD is serious about what he says. It's always going to be a delicate task to attract and keep an airline that is prepared to offer so many routes without finding yourself dominated by it.