Eastern Airways is to replace the lost Flybe route from Manchester to Newquay in a small piece of good news for the region’s beleaguered travel industry.<\/p>\n
The airline is launching a year-round service from next month linking the North West and Cornwall.<\/p>\n
It will operate four times a week through the winter with plans to increase it to “at least daily” for the summer.<\/p>\n
This replaces a route formerly operated by Flybe and adds to the Eastern Airways existing Manchester-Southampton service.<\/p>\n
Julian Carr, aviation director at Manchester Airport, said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see Eastern Airways commence a service to Newquay from Manchester Airport, providing vital connectivity between the two regions and beyond.”<\/p>\n
Eastern Airways says it is committed to “connecting regional airports to major hubs” and this link, which adds to its existing Manchester-Southampton route, follows the addition of a service between London Heathrow and Teesside.<\/p>\n
Roger Hage, Eastern Airways\u2019 general manager commercial & operations, said: “We have carefully one-by-one added former flybe routes that we know are sustainable and where local support is positive and strong.<\/p>\n
“The frequency and capacity will increase as demand dictates and especially as travel volumes return through into summer next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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