Airline Grounds Flight Route Until Fall Amid Plane and Pilot Shortages

AN airline has temporarily axed one of its routes until the end of August.

Skybus has announced there will be no services between and St Mary’s Airport on the Scilly Isles with existing customers being rerouted.

Skybus has suspended one of its routes until August 31 Credit: Alamy

Passengers received the yesterday of the cancellations with Skybus .

The airline explained the route has been suspended due to “a combination of a shortage of both aircraft and qualified pilots”.

Skybus continued to say: “We have explored every available option to maintain the service, but with a limited fleet and crew availability, we would be unable to operate the route reliably throughout the remainder of the .

“Our priority is to provide certainty for our passengers.

“We want to assure passengers booked to travel between Newquay and , you will be transferred onto a Skybus flight departing from Land’s End Airport on the same date.”

They said that by “concentrating” available aircraft and crews on services from they can “provide greater reliability and reduce the risk of further disruption during the peak travel period.”

Customers will be contacted soon with dates for alternative flights.

They will also be offered free parking at Land’s End Airport, a refund of any fare difference between their original and revised flights, and a voucher to spend at the airport café.

Skybus operates year-round to the Isles of Scilly, but only from Land’s End Airport Credit: Alamy Flights from Newquay and Exeter usually operate seasonally between late March to October Credit: Alamy

Skybus operates year-round to the , but only from Land’s End Airport – and flights take about 20 minutes.

Flights from Newquay and usually operate seasonally between late March to October.

The Exeter route will continue as normal.