Flyers keep returning to Silverjet

Silverjet has posted its latest passenger figures, with statistics for April revealing that more flyers are returning to the business class airline after their first experience with the company.

Lawrence Hunt, chief executive of Silverjet, said that more than a quarter of the carrier's customers that flew with the airline in April had previously booked a flight with Silverjet.

Furthermore, advance bookings saw steady growth over the course of the month, with Silverjet expecting to see more increases in May.

"In addition, for the third month in a row we topped the Civil Aviation Authority leader board for on-time departure for both our Dubai and New York routes," Mr Hunt remarked.

The carrier recently announced the receipt of extra investment that could help the airline to expand into more destinations in the Middle East, the Far East and Africa, supplementing its existing business class flights to Dubai and New York.

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