Delays and heavy congestion at Britain’s major airports could divert a considerable amount of business travel to other European cities, a new study has revealed.
Research carried out by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) found that 80 per cent of the multinational companies surveyed are anticipating airport meeting travel to go elsewhere, such as Amsterdam or Frankfurt .
Sixty per cent of respondents blamed outdated facilities, volume of traffic and poorly conceived security measures for the delays at British airports, with the same percentage considering "demand management," - a process by which travel alternatives are used to reduce internal corporate travel .
The practice, which was introduced by the ACTE last spring, uses the latest technology to link laptops and desktop computers for real time teleconferencing .
Susan Gurley, ACTE executive director, called on the business travel industry to make airport congestion its number one priority.
She said: "It's time for key segments of the travel management industry to work together and try to reach a consensus on airport congestion . There may be no better time than the Leadership Summit at the ACTE Munich Conference in October."
"Whether the problem is with access roads, outdated infrastructure, parking or security, the issues have to be treated as simultaneous priorities."
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