New air link to strengthen business ties with North West

Thursday, 10 April 2014 00:00

A new airline is going to fly between the Isle of Man and Chester as well as out to other locations in the UK’s North West.

That’s according to Brendon Kenny, who is a director of private Chester-based airline Flywea – the company providing the service.

It will operate three times a day to Chester and once daily on weekends from this summer.

Final logistical arrangements were made at an Island-based Liverpool networking event at the Palace Hotel yesterday.

Mr Kenny says it will be one of many, and hopes the link will instigate business ventures between the two areas:

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