easyJet axe all services from January
11.09.10
easyJet is pulling out of Robin Hood Airport just 5 months after launching flights from the hub. The airline launched 23 flights per week to Amsterdam, Prague, Barcelona, Faro and Majorca in April. But the airport said that because easyJet's plane has not been based at the hub, flight times on some services have made them unattractive. It said the loss of easyJet was ‘a setback'.
Nick Smillie, aviation sales director at Robin Hood owner Peel Airports, said: ‘We are naturally disappointed with easyJet's decision to axe all flights from 4 January 2011. Operational restrictions, largely due to the fact that the plane is not Doncaster based, have affected the viability of the operation. The timings of certain flights have affected their attractiveness to the region's business community - a key source of passengers and revenues.'
‘We were really proud of getting a big-name carrier, which was a high-profile success for the airport and we hoped it would grow. We cannot deny this is a setback. However, where schedules were favourable, flights have been operating up to 99% full. This provides us with strong evidence of demand for flights from the airport. ’
He said the airport is talking to other airlines about easyJet's routes and he is confident many would be reinstated ‘in the near future’.
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