Airline Flybe has pledged not to abandon Lewis despite pulling out of Shetland after
a short-
The plane company is quitting Sumburgh Airport services in three weeks handing back an effective monopoly to Loganair on the Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh links.
Islanders using their air discount saw fares diving to under £40 on the Stornoway
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Seat prices would rise significantly if Flybe withdraws from Stornoway in line to what is happening Shetland where Loganair is seeking to recoup the losses it says it incurred in the bitter fares battle. The Paisley firm says the competition drove fares “down to unsustainable levels and caused heavy losses for both airlines.”
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Flybe’s Scotland’s manager David Paterson is “very confident” of operating at Stornoway for the long term.
In Shetland they had “lost the confidence“ of travellers over late and cancelled flights and opted to “pull out sooner rather than latter” as the Embraer 170 jet “was not giving us the reliability we wanted.”
Flybe operates the Stornoway route with Eastern Airways
Flybe commits to Stornoway route despite axing Shetland services
16 December 2017