Stansted flights to bolster Island link to the south

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 00:00

Passenger watchdog TravelWatch says new flights to Stansted should help offset a drop in air traffic to the south east of England.

Last week Flybe announced it was launching a year round service between Ronaldsway and the London airport.

From March there will be up to three flights a day to the fourth busiest UK airport - TravelWatch says this will help the shortage of capacity and frequency to this area.

Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne agrees and says the airline is targeting the leisure market:

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