UK regional airlines apply for new route start-up aid

摘要

BMI Regional, Flybe and Sto-bart Air are among the UK airlines to have applied to the government for aid to start routes from regional airports. The Department for Transport says it has received 19 applications from airlines and airports wishing to access £56 million ($83 million) of funding from the government's Regional Connectivity Fund for the promotion of new routes. Flybe has applied for aid to enable it to operate services on routes including Norwich to Dublin, Exeter, Newcastle and Paris, and from Southampton to Lyon and Munich.