VLM suspend Liverpool - London City flights
26.05.07
Liverpool Airport looks set to lose its only air link to London because the current service is not viable. Belgian airline VLM is suspending its flights to London City Airport from 1 July, despite recent reports that passenger numbers were improving on the route and that it would continue.
A spokesman for VLM said that falling passenger numbers meant the service, which was recently scaled back to two flights a day, was 'no longer sustainable'. The airline is in negotiations with other airlines which had expressed interest in carrying on the route.
Johan Vanneste, managing director of VLM Airlines, said he understood there would be disappointment, and thanked agencies in the city for their support of the service. He added: 'As an independent company which receives no subsidies, we have to ensure that all of our routes are commercially viable.'
There will be no redundancies as a result of the move. The airline operates a regular shuttle service between nearby Manchester Airport and London City.
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