Flybe axe Gatwick flights
15.03.11
Flybe is axing its route between Leeds Bradford and Gatwick at the end of the month – after a year that saw more than 50,000 passengers using the 3 flights a day service. The regional budget airline said that it is withdrawing the service launched in 2009 because of increasing landing fees at the London hub.
Flybe launched its London link following BMI’s decision to axe its service between Leeds Bradford and Heathrow in March 2009. The decision means travellers will have no direct flights to the capital for the second time in two years. The airport hopes to find a replacement operator.
The flights will cease on March 31. A spokesperson for the airline said: ‘Flybe reviews the viability of all routes on a regular basis. The suspension of this route is a direct consequence of the policies being implemented by Gatwick to limit the number of smaller, regional aircraft landing at their airport.'
‘Their decision to substantially raise the landing fees for regional aircraft – while implementing smaller rises for larger, more polluting and noisier long-haul aircraft – will hit the regions of Yorkshire and the Humber hard. Flybe remains committed to operating its remaining routes at both Gatwick and Leeds Bradford airports.’
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