Air SouthWest Flights to Newquay End
Eastern Airways the recent owners of Air Southwest, decided in September to cease all its flights out of Plymouth Airport. With Newquay’s very close association with Plymouth, services were reviewed but were found to be not financially viable.
As a consequence, Air Southwest’s eight year association with Newquay Airport has ended and routes to Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Manchester, Aberdeen, Bristol, Cork, Dublin and Leeds Bradford have for the moment ended.
Al Titterington, Newquay Cornwall Airport’s managing director, said: “It is a sad day for air services to/from Cornwall with the closure of Air Southwest. Air Southwest dominated our domestic route network, meaning other carriers were restricted with the services they could offer and the demand for air services that would make them profitable out of Newquay”.
Since the announcement of the closure of the airline, Newquay Airport Management have been in discussion with a number of airlines and already have announced replacement services to Manchester (Flybe) and Glasgow (Loganair) and flights for the summer are on sale to East Midlands, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dusseldorf, as well as charter holidays to Dubrovnik, Lake Garda and Madeira
Newquay Cornwall Airport continues to fly up to three times a day to London Gatwick, up to four times a day to Isles of Scilly and four times a week to Manchester.