Industry sources said Continental was poised to announce last week the end of the route from January next year but held off due to the ongoing work at the Treasury to reach a solution.
The Chancellor George Osborne, urged on by Secretary of State Owen Paterson and executive ministers, has personally overseen negotiations on a deal that should save the route.
Based on the above report, I would imagine that Continental / United, will have given some form of guarantee to keep operating the route, following these talks and a hopefully successful outcome. Continental have continually stated that the route is popular and would be profitable once again should the tax be removed. Interesting to note that according to CAA data, the CO BFS route carried more passengers in August than either BHX or GLA to EWR.