Public Service Obligation

Air Corsica’s fleet planning depends heavily on future public service obligation (PSO) support and could include a shift from Airbus A320neos to A320ceos.

The regional airline sees strong leisure and VFR demand for flights to Newquay.

Subsidized routes, ADP taxes and London slots are all addressed in the new report from the Union Connectivity Review.

The £3.8 million UK government funding is a significant investment in supporting the Londonderry - London route. Based on bmi regional using a 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 on the route and its 13 return weekly frequencies that will equate to 1,300 seats a week, 67,600 seats a year or 135,200 seats for the full two-year funding term. With 2,704 one-way flights scheduled to operate during this period that works out as over £1,400 of support per flight, or £28 per seat.

The new combined contract will operate from February 1, 2015 until January 31, 2017 and may be extended for a further period of a maximum of one year, following the initial two year period, subject to a satisfactory review undertaken after the initial period of 18 months of operation.