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Old 20th Jun 2012, 04:58
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shamrock7seal
 
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Come on guys, lets all get along.

In my opinion (and purely from the airport perspective) the volume of passengers is more important in these tight economic times than the yield. It doesnt matter if a pax paid 1p or 100quid, the additional volume assists airports in terms of jobs, revenue from ancillary sales in the airport, tourism and local economic prosperity through use of public transport (train and bus), car-hire, taxi, car-parking payments. Every pax counts. And if BOH sees most of its pax going outbound then it assists in terms of gov tax payments! Lol

The point one could raise about BOH carrying more International volumes than its rivals would be related to potential for further growth. Especially when one considers that some main International destinations are not even served and never have been served correctly. e.g AMS (3 daily by KLM would be ideal for the market although BE's new partnership with them from SOU may scupper this)
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