The slow but steady decline continues at Teesside Airport, latest route to go is the very long standing route to Aberdeen which resulted from jobs in the off-shore oil industry:
I imagine by "examining opportunities" they mean "can we find anymore tax payer cash down the back of the sofa to chuck a bung at someone to prop up the airport".
I think that basically now leave the two/three KLM Amsterdam flights per day, along with Ryanair's flights a few times a week to places like Alicante, Faro or Palma. There's definitely going to be days where there's only two or three flights (all KLM) a day from the airport. Surely the end must be neigh and this waste of money can finally be put to bed. Also rather hilarious (if you don't laugh you'll cry) that the Metro Mayor (Ben Houchen) wants to spends loads of money on rebuilding the airport station as the airport continues to decline.
Having mentioned Houchen I wonder why he hasn't put out anything on Facebook about this latest news? He's usually so keen to talk about what's going on at the airport, indeed just this afternoon he was posting on Facebook about how "In just 5 years we've built it into the UK's BEST airport with fantastic holiday flights". No obvious mention of Loganair pulling out mind you...
Loganair has pulled out of Teesside Airport as it scraps its route to Aberdeen.
The Scottish airline has announced that it will be pulling the flights from May 10 later this year, following a review of its operations under new CEO Luke Farajallah. This means Loganair will no longer operate any flights from the Darlington airport.
The firm said the decision comes in response to customer feedback, with "decisive action" being taken in a bid to boost operational performance. Teesside Airport has said it was "disappointing" to see the airline pull routes across the country, with Aberdeen to Newcastle and Glasgow to Southampton also being scrapped. Airport chiefs say they are now "examining opportunities" for alternative airlines to provide the route.
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Airline pulls out of Teesside Airport as route is scrapped
Teesside Airport is 'examining opportunities' for alternative airlines to provide the route
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I imagine by "examining opportunities" they mean "can we find anymore tax payer cash down the back of the sofa to chuck a bung at someone to prop up the airport".
I think that basically now leave the two/three KLM Amsterdam flights per day, along with Ryanair's flights a few times a week to places like Alicante, Faro or Palma. There's definitely going to be days where there's only two or three flights (all KLM) a day from the airport. Surely the end must be neigh and this waste of money can finally be put to bed. Also rather hilarious (if you don't laugh you'll cry) that the Metro Mayor (Ben Houchen) wants to spends loads of money on rebuilding the airport station as the airport continues to decline.
Having mentioned Houchen I wonder why he hasn't put out anything on Facebook about this latest news? He's usually so keen to talk about what's going on at the airport, indeed just this afternoon he was posting on Facebook about how "In just 5 years we've built it into the UK's BEST airport with fantastic holiday flights". No obvious mention of Loganair pulling out mind you...