Government now making effort to point out that it was a policy of previous administration so not looking good.
The game's not over. In fact, the Regional Connectivity Fund has sprung back to life!
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...r-second-stage
So that's 15 routes that have reached round 2. I wonder how many of these will be successful?
List of routes that have passed the initial application stage:
Durham TV - Belfast, Links Air Double-daily return weekdays, single return Sunday
Carlisle - Belfast, Stobart Air Daily return
Carlisle - Dublin, Stobart Air Daily return
Carlisle - Southend, Stobart Air Daily return
Dundee - Amsterdam, Flybe Daily return
Doncaster Sheffield, - Frankfurt BMI regional Weekday return
Derry - Dublin, City Wings Double-daily return weekdays, single return weekends
Newquay - Leeds, Bradford Flybe Daily return (MWFSS) - summer and 3 daily returns (MFS) - winter
Norwich - Charles de Gaulle, Flybe Daily return
Norwich - Dublin, Flybe Double-daily return weekdays, single return weekend
Norwich - Exeter, Flybe Daily return
Norwich - Newcastle, Links Air Weekday double-daily return
Oxford - Edinburgh, Links Air Double-daily weekdays and daily return Sunday
Southampton - Lyon, Flybe Double-daily return weekdays, single return weekend
Southampton - Munich, Flybe Double-daily return weekdays, single return weekend