General manager Craig Dunkerley said visits to Merlin's other attractions in Weymouth were also down.

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Mr Dunkerley said he saw no increase in visitor numbers during the Olympics.

BBC: Weymouth Tower attendance 'disappointing'

"We hold ourselves to a very rigorous standard of punctuality, " says Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines' president and chief executive, adding that the airline considers a flight "late" if it arrives even one minute behind schedule.

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