Airport reports record visitors to annual travel show
NORWICH, Tuesday 28th January 2014 – Airport reports record visitors to annual travel show Norwich International Airport’s travel show, which is now in its fifth year, achieved record visitor numbers this weekend with 2,000 people attending, all keen to find out as much as possible about the wide range of holidays and flights available from their local airport.
The airline and tour operator exhibitors commented that the Norwich International event is one of the busiest and most successful they attend across the UK and were all delighted with the response this year.
Andrew Bell, CEO, Norwich International Airport commented “This year’s show was undoubtedly the best we have put on in the five years the event has been running, with record visitor numbers and bookings made on the day up 62% on the previous year. The show is a fantastic opportunity for people in the Airport’s catchment area to meet airline and tour operator representatives and obtain first-hand knowledge and advice on the destinations they offer from our airport”
The success of last weekend’s travel show comes as an added boost for the airport following recent announcements of additional flights for holidaymakers in 2014 to Malta, along with the news that Thomson Holidays are basing an aircraft at Norwich International for the summer season for the very first time, Loganair basing a second aircraft from the end of March to provide an increase in Edinburgh flights to three times daily and the overall popularity of the KLM services to Amsterdam, which will see the frequency increase to four times daily throughout the summer months.