KLM to axe Liverpool – Amsterdam route
15.12.11
KLM is to axe its service between Liverpool Airport and Amsterdam, two years after it restored the route to its network. The airline blamed the continued economic downturn for the end of its three times daily schedule. Airport bosses said there was still a strong case for Liverpool feeding into a hub airport. The service will end on 25 March 2012.
KLM's UK General Manager Henri Hourcade said: ‘We launched Liverpool in 2009, at a time of economic uncertainty, when many airlines were reducing their networks - especially out of the regions - and cutting capacity. We went against the grain and had encouraging results for the first two years, connecting Liverpool with over 150 destinations around the world.'
‘However, the continued economic downturn has meant that as a company we have had to make some tough decisions across our global network and unfortunately Liverpool is a casualty of that process.’
A spokesman for the airport said it would be making every effort to replace the service, adding that there ‘remains a strong case for a service from Liverpool feeding into a hub airport to offer onward global connections’. It said passengers can still travel to Amsterdam Schiphol with easyJet, although with no interline agreement, this makes connections more difficult.
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