Eurostar cuts could bring Brussels flights to Manston
29.11.07
Direct flights could start to Brussels from Kent International Airport (Manston) after Eurostar slashed services from Ashford International station to the Belgian capital. Steven Fitzgerald, chief executive of Infratil Airports, which runs the Kent airport, told Kent on Sunday he is in talks with airlines about the idea.
The opening of the £100 million Ebbsfleet International station this week saw Eurostar cut the number of trains from Ashford to Paris and cancel all services to Brussels. The loss of services at Ashford has come as a blow for the local economy, and Mr Fitzgerald said he believed there was demand for direct flights to Brussels from Manston.
He told the newspaper: 'We're working very hard on getting people to launch scheduled flights to a number of places. We're being approached and continue to approach a lot of operators on a lot of flights and certainly, the fact Eurostar's not going to be giving the same level of service from Ashford as it has in the past, is something we're pointing out to people we talk to.'
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