Thomsonfly pulls out of Coventry Airport
16.10.08
Low-cost airline Thomsonfly has said it is halting its operations from Coventry Airport from the beginning of November. The decision means that Coventry will be left without any passenger airline service, although its business aviation and cargo operations will continue. The news comes a week after the airport lost a High Court appeal to build a passenger terminal capable of handling two million passengers a year.
Thomsonfly runs the only passenger service at the midlands hub, where it began operations in March 2004 when it also operated the airport in an agreement with its local council owner. The airline said the decision reflected its increased focus on charter flights, rather than the scheduled ones operating from Coventry.
The final Thomsonfly flights take off from Coventry on November 2, with inbound flights axed after November 9. Passengers booked to fly out of Coventry with Thomsonfly after 2 November will receive a refund or alternative flight, Thomsonfly said. Those affected should contact the airline's customer service department. A spokesman said it would try to find its staff at the airport other jobs in the company.
The airport has said it regrets, but understands, the decision. Executive chairman Brian Cox said: ‘The length of time and inordinate cost involved in seeking improved terminal facilities has not helped and obviously we are disappointed by the outcome of the appeal to the High Court, as I am sure our passengers, the local business community and those directly or indirectly involved with the airport are too.’ He said that the airport still had a bright future.
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