Airport News
Airport passengers call for improved transport
Wed, 25 Feb, 2009
Calls are being made to improve airport links for people wishing to fly from Liverpool to north Wales.
Neil Pakey, head of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, said that locals need bus and rail services so that they do not have to drive to the airport, reported the Daily Post North Wales.
He told the Welsh Affairs committee that Liverpool John Lennon Airport has seen a rise in passengers from north Wales.
Mr Pakey said there had been 52,000 such passengers ten years ago but in 2007 the figure was 290,000.
He called for a bus service from Chester and also a rail link from there to Liverpool South Parkway.
Such a plan would cost £11 million but Mr Pakey said this was a relatively low cost.
Currently, several bus services to the airport are operated by Arriva as well as by Supertravel and HLS, which provide the 886 and 883 respectively.