Flyglobespan rules out US flights from Liverpool

Mar 26 2008 Liverpool Daily Post

AXED transatlantic routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport will not be brought back this summer.

Last year Scottish airline flyglobespan said it would renew its New York and Toronto services in May.

They were scrapped last October due to operational problems.

But the Edinburgh-based business said soaring fuel costs and the poor reliability of leased aircraft meant they were unable to return to Liverpool.

A flyglobespan spokesman said: “With the price of airline fuel at a record high we have had to look long and hard at the economic viability of all our long-haul routes.

“Also, after unsatisfactory performances from third-party operators in our programme last season, we are flying only our own aircraft this year, and are concentrating these aircraft on the most popular routes.

“Unfortunately that means that we will not be resuming Liverpool’s transatlantic service this summer.

“But we hope that we could return in the future under more favourable economic conditions.”

Liverpool JLA spokesman Robin Tudor said: “We continue to talk to them to see if we could get them back, but it is March now and clearly this year isn’t going to be an option.”