This year’s surplus is estimated at £3.4m, compared to a 2000 figure of £5.7m, and the surplus is expected to hit £3.9m next year. But Assistant Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean, who has responsibility for the Island’s ports, says that the Airport should be treated as a strategic asset, not a revenue-raiser. And he says that the States will have to fund £60m worth of capital work needed at the Airport over the next four years, including £30m to re-surface the runway. ‘The Airport should not be viewed as a profit-making centre, returning profits to the States,’ said Deputy Maclean. ‘It should be viewed as a mechanism for bringing people into the Island – it is there for Jersey’s economic and social prosperity.’
Jersey Evening Post
