Norwegian stopping Spanish flights from Birmingham
Flights by budget airline Norwegian from Birmingham Airport to Spain from Birmingham Airport are to stop after it carried out a review of its services.
The airline said the last flights would depart on Saturday, October 28.
Norwegian flies to to five airports in the country - Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Malaga and Tenerife.
A Norwegian spokesperson said: “Following a review of our services, we will cease operating flights from Birmingham to Spain."
It said the reduction in routes from the UK with lower passenger demand would allow it to focus instead on providing affordable flights on strong performing routes.
Birmingham Airport has also lost flights by both United Airlines and American Airlines to New York in recent months and Emirates has reduced the frequency of its service to Dubai.
When Monarch Airlines went bust earlier this month it saw the end of its services out of Birmingham including flights to Valencia Naples and Rhodes.
Better news for the airport is that Primera Air has announced the opening of another North America destination from its new base there.
Toronto will be served three times per week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – all year round from May next year.
“Yet again, we are very proud to announce our new direct routes from our European bases to Canada. Toronto will be a great addition to our earlier announced New York and Boston routes from Birmingham.
“With our brand new Airbus321NEOs airplanes, we are opening routes previously traditionally served only by wide-body aircrafts. With unmatched efficiency of these new-generation aircraft, we will be able to offer unprecedented prices to our passengers from the UK. At the same time, we are very proud to be offering a low fare/high quality product and service concept, that will be perfect both for leisure and business travellers,” said Andri Ingolfsson, the president and chairman of Primera Air.
Aircraft will provide two classes of cabin – full-service Premium and low-fare Economy, Wi-Fi and opportunity for all passengers to charge their devices on board.
Daily flights to New York and four weekly flights from Boston to Birmingham were announced earlier this summer.
William Pearson, aviation director at Birmingham Airport, said: “It is welcome news that Primera Air is expanding its choice of popular Transatlantic destinations from Birmingham by adding a new route of Toronto. Having only announced two routes to Boston and New York in July of this year this shows the demand that Primera Air is seeing from the Midlands.
“Demand for travel to US and Canadian destinations from the West Midlands is high and Primera Air is offering fantastic seat prices meaning it is likely Toronto will be very popular. We recommend passengers book ahead to avoid disappointment as we expect seats will sell quickly.”
