Flybe to use smaller planes on Gatwick – Guernsey flights
06.07.08
Guernsey's deteriorating runway has cost the island its jet link with London, the BBC reports. Flybe has announced that it will withdraw its BAe 146 from the Gatwick route at the end of October and replace it with the smaller-capacity turboprop Dash Q400.
Flybe manager of market development, Ian Taylor, said the decision was 'regrettable but unavoidable'. He said: ‘We have no option. More than two years ago we told the States that we would be withdrawing the 146 from service and the only one left in our fleet is the one currently operating between Guernsey and Gatwick.'
He added that Flybe had wanted to introduce its latest 118-seater Embraer 195 aircraft on to the route but this was ruled out by current weight restrictions on the runway at Guernsey Airport.
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