Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan has announced that it is to scrap its flights between Liverpool Airport and New York, less than 6 weeks after launching the route. The flights, which are expected to restart today after one plane spent nearly a week grounded in America due to a technical fault, will be scrapped on October 31. Passengers booked for journeys after that date have been notified.

The link, which has only been in action for just six weeks, has been dogged with technical problems and long delays. The Boeing aircraft used for the route has been grounded in JFK airport since it was struck by lightning last Thursday, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded.

Despite the setback, last night both the airport and airline expressed their confidence that the link would restart in 2008. Flyglobespan spokesman, Crawford Brankin, said: 'The company does believe the route is worth sustaining and plan to reintroduce it next summer.'

Airport spokesman Robin Tudor said: 'We are confident that we are going to see the link restored. Obviously, we are disappointed, but clearly Flyglobespan have had some very unfortunate teething problems that occurred at exactly the wrong time.'

Source: www.uk-airport-news.info 

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