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Loganair have been an established and growing regional carrier in the United Kingdom - providing regional links, with bases in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and Isle of Man. However, following the news that Loganair is to cut its Aberdeen to Newcastle route - what is the future of the Tyne & Wear base. Loganair first established its Newcastle base in March 2019 with flights to Brussels and Stavanger, with the base growing to two based aircraft and the network evolved and altered following the collapse of Flybe in March 2020. In August 2021, Loganair will serve 4 routes from Newcastle: Exeter, Jersey, Newquay and Southampton. All four of these routes were formally served by Flybe until its collapse in March 2020 and has since been picked up by Loganair. The carrier has allowed North East England to maintain connections across the British Isles - however, with the loss of an established Aberdeen route (which operated up to 3x daily since September 2019), this may lead

Ryanair have added 10 new routes across North West England, with flights launching in Winter 2021. Ryanair have added 4 new routes from Liverpool and 6 new routes from Manchester, commencing from October 2021. Liverpool Ryanair recently announced new routes to Rome Fiumincino and Stockholm Arlanda, and have expanded on this by adding 4 new routes: Milan Bergamo - 2x weekly flights Paris Beauvais - 2x weekly flights Sibiu - 2x weekly flights Tallinn - 2x weekly flights All four routes are unserved. easyJet recently cut its Liverpool to Paris Charles de Gaulle route, thus Ryanair is an indirect replacement to this service. Additionally, this is the first Ryanair route from Sibiu to the UK, with only Wizz Air serving the UK form Sibiu (to London Luton). Manchester currently have Ryanair flights to Milan Bergamo and Paris Beauvais, meaning the Ryanair additions will complement its existing network 40 miles away. With these new routes, Ryanair are forecast to serve 1.9 million annual passen

A process to contract year-round flights under a Public Service Obligation has relaunched by Cornwall Council. The new obligation is open for bids until 7 September 2021 to operate for year round flights for four years, commencing on 31 October 2021. Earlier in the year, the process to contract year round flights between Newquay and London was unsucessful and has meant the number of flights between Newquay and London has dropped from 28 weekly in 2019 to 8 weekly in 2021 (5 weekly from Heathrow with British Airways and 3 weekly from Gatwick with easyJet). Furthermore, the 8 weekly flights are only proposed to operate for summer 2021 and not for the winter process. Without a Public Service Obligation (PSO) in place, the Cornish airport may end up without a link to London this winter. Cornwall Airport Newquay has seen a number of new airlines and routes in Summer 2021 including BA CityFlyer, easyJet and Loganair launching domestic flights to the airport, allowing the airport to benefit f

Speculation is growing over Ryanair about to return to the Irish domestic market after a ten year hiatus. Yesterday (9th July 2021), Eamon Ryan TD,  Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications ashared  an announcement for the restoration of regional air services between Kerry and Dublin, with the route being operated by Ryanair on a commercial basis, operating twice daily flights from 19 July 2021. Stobart Air under a Public Service Obligation (PSO) procurement process, previously operated two domestic Irish routes: Donegal-Dublin and Kerry-Dublin until the airline collapsed in June 2021. Donegal-Dublin will remain operated under the PSO criteria and a preferred bidder has been selected with the hope to launch flights from 19 July 2021. The current procurement process is for a temporary replacement service for 7 months. The Irish Department for Transport will shortly launch a procurement process for a longer contract (up to 4 years) to ensure continuity of service