Ryanair axe last route from Durham Tees Valley
20.12.10
Ryanair has axed its final route from Durham Tees Valley Airports only months after threatening to withdraw because of a controversial new charge. The budget airline will no longer offer its summer route to the Spanish holiday destination of Alicante.
In November, Ryanair said it was considering withdrawing its services from the airport after a £6 passenger surcharge was introduced in a bid to save the loss-making airport from closure. An airport spokesman confirmed Ryanair would not operate from Durham Tees Valley this year and said the airline had decided to pull out before the new passenger surcharge was introduced.
He blamed the increase in air passenger duty (which increased by just £1 per passenger in November) and pointed out that Thomson will still be flying between Durham Tees Valley and Alicante this summer.
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