Exeter
Airport
Exeter International Airport (IATA: EXT, ICAO: EGTE)
is an airport close to the city of Exeter in the county
of Devon, England.
The
airport handled 1,024,730 passengers in 2007, the first
time over 1 million passengers have used the airport
in a single year, which represented a 4.3% increase
on the 2006 passenger total of 982,804. The airport
offers both scheduled and holiday charter flights within
the United Kingdom, Europe and Canada.
On
5 January 2007 a majority share of the airport was sold
by Devon County Council to Regional and City Airports
Ltd; a consortium comprising construction firm Balfour
Beatty and London City Airport.
Exeter
has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P759)
that allows flights for the public transport of passengers
or for flying instruction.
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