Flybe pulls out of Bournemouth Airport
11.10.10
Flybe is the latest airline to pull out of Bournemouth Airport, the Daily Echo reports. The regional budget airline, that has its main South Coast base at rival Southampton, introduced a single daily route to Manchester in May, but has dropped it for its winter schedule, which starts at the end of the month.
Business leaders are optimistic someone will step in to operate the route, as Manchester is the most requested destination at Bournemouth Airport, the newspaper reports. A spokesman for the airport said: ‘We are sorry but not surprised. Passengers need a service that will allow them to travel to Manchester and back in a day. Unfortunately, a single flight in the middle of the day wasn’t able to service demand. As a result the route was reliant upon leisure passengers. We are talking to other carriers regarding a more appropriate service.’
A Flybe spokesperson confirmed that the Bournemouth to Manchester route would cease on October 29, adding: ‘We will, however, keep this route under review, as we do our 200-plus other routes, for the summer 2011 programme.’
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