Ryanair ‘fully committed’ to Durham Tees Valley
05.10.08
Ryanair has said it is ‘fully committed’ to Durham Tees Valley Airport and is happy with how its routes are performing, the Echo reports. The news follows KLM – which flies three times daily to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport – also pledging its support to the airport last week.
Durham Tees Valley has recently been hit by announcements from holiday company Thomson, which axed its route to Alicante, and Hungarian carrier Wizz Air, which cancelled flights to the Polish capital Warsaw. Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan, which flies to Tenerife, Faro, Malaga, Alicante, Palma and Jersey, has also yet to confirm its routes from the airport next year, sparking speculation that it will pull out.
Ryanair began its relationship with DTVA in 1997 when it introduced its Dublin service, which now operates five days a week. It also has three flights a week to Alicante and Barcelona Girona. In total, 135,000 passengers fly with the airline from the airport every year.
Ashley Casey, marketing executive for Ryanair, said: ‘There has been a lot of speculation and reports about a number of airlines reducing frequencies or pulling out of Durham Tees Valley Airport. We have no intention of reducing our flights from the airport. We remain fully committed to the hub.’
‘The three routes are operating quite well and that bodes well for the future. Advanced bookings look very positive and we are not anticipating any drop in these.’
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