Flybe to suspend Guernsey - Manchester Airport flights
06.01.08
Flybe is to suspend its Guernsey to Manchester Airport link tomorrow for more than two months. The airline's decision to withdraw all flights after Monday until Wednesday 19 March has been criticised by rival Aurigny, who also operates on the route.
Aurigny managing director Malcolm Hart said Flybe was shortchanging islanders by making the move after it had only been given the route in May. He said: 'If Flybe want to operate on these routes, they need to do exactly that. We've been flying to Manchester since 2000 and have never dropped the flights to suit ourselves.'
'It is obvious that they don't think there's enough money to be made in the quieter months and just want to cash in on islanders when it suits them, during the busier periods.'
A Flybe spokesman said the decision to withdraw its route, as well as its link to Norwich until 17 March, was in line with common airline industry practice, where passenger numbers make a flight economically and environmentally harder to justify.
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