Securing air service to a hub is a key target for City of Derry (LDY) as the Northern Irish airport seeks to rebuild connectivity in the wake of the pandemic.
Bamboo Airways’ European expansion ambitions have taken a step forward after the Vietnamese carrier was granted takeoff and landing slots at London Heathrow (LHR) to operate six flights per week from May.
Two contradictory plans have been announced by the government that mean international travel from England would be simultaneously permitted and illegal for a full six weeks.
Two new short-haul routes will start from Zurich and three from Geneva this summer, but the airline does not expect demand to pick-up until the third quarter of the year.
London Heathrow Airport is hopeful that a combination of the UK’s successful COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and its hosting of a G7 summit in June will be catalysts for restoring air services at the hub airport.
The UK has extended the temporary waiver on airport slot rules through its summer 2021 season, slot co-ordination company Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has confirmed.