Air South West expands UK network
Regonal carrier Air South West is to add a range of routes including its first flights from Cardiff next spring.
The Plymouth-based airline is launching daily services from Cardiff to Newquay and Manchester as well as starting Newquay-Leeds/Bradford and Bristol-Norwich links. Lead-in fares start at £19.
Newquay to Manchester flights will go to twice daily while Bristol-Leeds/Bradford frequency will rise from two to three flights a day.
The enhanced schedule will operate from April 10 and will include the carrier basing an aircraft and dedicated crew at Bristol airport.
Air South West, which was launched two years ago, currently operates from Plymouth, Newquay and Bristol, including connections from Devon and Cornwall to Gatwick and Manchester.
Chief executive Malcolm Naylor said the anouncement “represents a significant expansion of our route network and brings our established formula of low fares and quality services to a range of new markets while ehancing services on many of our existing routes.”
Report by Phil Davies
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