Capital Air Services believes that the air security zone that will be in place around London for the 2012 Olympics will increase demand for helicopter charter from airports including Oxford and Cambridge.

Michael Hampton, md, says: "Rather than fly into London, jet operators and owners will find it more cost-effective to land outside and charter a helicopter in. Capital, which can deploy the EC155, EC135 and AS355, is developing a fixed price service from Marshall Cambridge Airport and Oxford Airport into London. There is a lot of interest now and it will increase in the run-up to 2012."