Flybe cut more Norwich Airport routes
12.04.08
Flybe has refused to commit to a future at Norwich Airport, after announcing a number of key routes are to be axed or reduced, the Evening News reports. Bosses at the airline, which operates flights from the city to domestic, European and international destinations, refuse to dispel rumours suggesting they are to pull out of the airport completely, after announcing direct flights to Paris and Glasgow would be scrapped by early May and services to Guernsey cut to one a week.
Fears were raised that the Exeter-based budget airline, which arrived in the city in January 2005, could abandon Norwich after it emerged its contract with the airport had already expired. Without any contract with the airport it is feared the airline could drop flights without any notice - and Flybe has confirmed those fears after axing further routes.
Flybe said in a statement yesterday: ‘We can confirm that, in light of recent events at Norwich Airport, it has withdrawn its service to Glasgow and, effective May 3, reduced the frequency to Guernsey to once a week. In addition, effective April 28, Flybe has also re-routed its Norwich - Paris Charles de Gaulle service via Jersey.’
The newspaper also reports 'industry sources' suggesting Spanish airline LTE is poised to sign a deal with Norwich Airport to fly new routes from the city.
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