Pete Downes is a managing director at Cornwall Airport Newquay. We´ve all had experienced interesting 18  months to say the least, but what Pete himself and together with his team at Newquay Airport went through is just fascinating. Our discussion was a bit longer than usually, so I decided we´ll split it into two episodes. So this is part one of the interview with Pete where we discuss his aviation journey, the transition process from a route development role at London City Airport to the managing director position at Newquay and I couldn´t miss the opportunity to ask Pete about the G7 summit and how was the experience like for the whole team to take care of the Air Force One and the other international delegations landing in Cornwall.