Norwich airport expects LTE flights in December

[October 29th 2008]

Spanish airline LTE, which suspended all its flights two weeks ago, should be flying again from Norwich airport in December.

An announcement appeared on LTE’s website on Monday stating that the airline was resuming its charter flights. “Over the next weeks we will be adding flights and it is expected that Internet sales will resume shortly. We apologise for the temporary suspension of service and we are happy that we can now return to normal,” the statement reads.

LTE began weekly scheduled flights from Norwich airport to Alicante, Barcelona and Palma in July and the airport said that bookings had been going well. After a couple of weeks of uncertainty it now appears that the airline is set to resume its services from Norwich.

“We are pleased to hear that LTE is back up and running again with charter flights and that all their aircraft are operating. We will be working closely with LTE to ensure that all the requirements for a resumption of scheduled flights from Norwich are fulfilled,” said Norwich International Airport managing director, Richard Jenner, today.

Recently LTE had contacted travel agents to cancel all Norwich flights until November 29th. No firm date has yet been set for the resumption of flights in December.

“We and LTE both hope that scheduled services will begin again in December and we will keep passengers informed of developments as soon as we hear about them. I am very sorry that passengers in October and November have been affected by this temporary suspension but we will do all we can to ensure a return to normal services to Spain,” comments Jenner.

In addition to scheduled flights from Norwich, LTE also operated charter flights for a number of major tour operators, including Thomas Cook, First Choice and Thomson. Flights from Birmingham and Glasgow airports mainly operated to Spain and the Canary Islands.

LTE celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year and had a good track record, but was forced to suspend all its flights when it was unable to meet operational expenses. “Our shareholders are trying to find a solution and we hope to give you more news in the next days,” LTE MD Michael Harrington said at the time. Whether the airline is able to make a full recovery after the inevitable negative impact of the suspension of flights only time will tell.

Written by: Nick Purdom