London City loses route

LONDON CITY AIRPORT is to lose one of its longest operating routes with the withdrawal of VLM’S flights to Manchester at the end of the month.  Once one of the most popular services out of the airport, with up to eight return flights daily it has been hard hit by the resurgence of the Euston – Manchester Piccadilly rail service.  VLM had previously departed from its parallel operation to Liverpool.  The airline claims that the rail network is subsidised and that passengers travelling by train do not have to pay security charges or a fee for using the station.  The airline, part of Air France/ KLM group, also flies to both Antwerp and Rotterdam from Manchester, but those services have not been affected. www.vlm.com

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