I felt, like Victor Meldrew, "I don't believe it" after reading the revelations by James Brent and Paul Carroll of Plymouth City Development Company who advocate that Plymouth's occupants should 'talk up' Plymouth and stop whingeing, but then go on to state, "if we're promoting Plymouth to investors we shouldn't be saying we have a limited airport on our doorstep; we should say that we have a big airport just 45 minutes away at Exeter".

UK-based Air Southwest has signed a new three-year deal with US-based Avis Rent A Car for customers across its whole route network.

Tributes have been paid to Jim Cameron, the chief executive of Air Southwest, who died in hospital in Glasgow on Saturday after a long period of illness. Mr Cameron, who was in his early 60s, leaves a wife, Jane, a daughter and two sons.

Tributes have been paid to Jim Cameron, chief executive of Air Southwest, who died in hospital in Glasgow on Saturday after a period of illness. Mr Cameron joined Plymouth-based Air Southwest in April 2007 from BA franchise Loganair, where he had been managing director for five years.

In the article headlined 'Airline is planning to hit new heights', Mike Coombes, deputy chief executive of Air Southwest stated, "Our services are designed to serve the needs of the people from Plymouth", while at the same time admitting they have been concentrating on its business customers, with a new executive lounge and free flights via the airline's Business Plus bonus scheme etcetera.