A spokesman for Loganair said: “We have no plans for the foreseeable future to restart flights from Carlisle airport. A significant number of air services across the UK have been suspended or deferred through Covid-19 impacts on demand. The Carlisle services are amongst them.”
Stobart Group, which own and operate the airport, said the Carlisle facility had felt the full force of the
coronavirus pandemic and the company was not currently in a position to secure a passenger airline agreement on commercial terms.
Stobart said:
The airport team is taking an innovative approach to identifying new opportunities in general aviation, business aviation, logistics and military flying. However, the loss of commercial operations is significant and without the associated operating income we need to review our staffing needs, which will inevitably lead to redundancies.
“We continue in our endeavours to gain fully funded Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes and Freeport status. Gaining PSO routes would support regional connectivity, enable key air links across the UK and help address economic rebalance. We are also playing a significant role in the region’s Freeport application and the combination of PSO routes and Freeport status would deliver a material boost to the region’s economy.
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