Primera Air axes 207 flights from Birmingham Airport – and will no longer fly from there at all
PRIMERA Air is axing all flights from Birmingham Airport from October 29 onwards, or September 3 for flights to Palma de Majorca and Barcelona.
A total of 207 return flights have cancelled, and customers affected should have already been informed.
Other routes that will no longer run include Alicante, Tenerife, Las Palmas, Barcelona, Malaga and Reykjavik.
Customers will either have alternative flights arranged for them or they will have the option of a full refund.
A statement from the airline reads: “Primera Air has unfortunately taken the decision to cease short haul operations from Birmingham Airport due to the fact that these routes didn’t perform as well as expected.
“For Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona, this will come into effect on September 3 2018 and for the remaining routes, this will come into effect on October 29 2018."
It continued: “All affected passengers have already been informed.
“Our priority is ensuring those affected passengers are compensated in compliance with EU261/2004, and alternative travel arrangements have been offered to them, as well as the option of a full refund if appropriate.
“We are committed to minimising any disruption and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience this may cause."
The airline ran into trouble earlier this year when it axed long-haul flights from Birmingham to New York and Toronto.
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The budget airline blamed the decision on late delivery of its long-haul A321neo aircraft from Airbus.
The airline was running three flights a week to New York and had been set to run three flights to Toronto, but these were all cancelled.
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