Notes regarding BB Consultative Committee Meeting 20/10/22

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Free teas and coffee for all. Being an event that now happens twice a year there was much to be gone through, Chris Gazzard - Airport Manager - gave a very detailed account of the Airport's performance with slides to indicate every rise and fall in movements, fuel sales, and the Airport's viability. Suffice to say the airfield is increasingly standing on its own two feet as revenues continue to sustain the operation. It was noted that business movements have improved, partly thanks to Farnborough restricting traffic below 7500 kgs at weekends.

Chris also outlined details of the moves being made toward securing necessary agreement regarding curtilage of current structures on the airfield and plans to secure authority to build new infrastructure as required. It's not straightforward , of course, could be another 18 months... More news will be provided as and when, but I would say that the swing in local mood toward our Airport is light years ahead of that in the beginning when behaviour of the anti-airport-body was quite sickening. The Yateley plan acknowledges Blackbushe and her hopes to develop that much needed operational infrastructure.

I was asked to give an impromptu talk on the Blackbushe Heritage Trust and its ambitions.. Again, reception was positive! I mentioned our BHT mugs were on available, perhaps next time we'll clinch some sales?

Grateful thanks to the small body of Blackbushe supporters, volunteers, and providers of excellent photographs who attended last night's meeting. The Minutes will be published on the Airport website in due course, and the Forum will place a link on here as soon as they're available.. I think you'll find them very interesting..

Full details from Chris's presentation will follow.