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Minister plays down Gatwick route news

 

Passenger Watchdog TravelWatch say it's "unbelievable" that EasyJet won't be running morning flights to Gatwick on two week days for much of next summer.

 

Earlier this week it was announced that the airline was adding up to five additional flights to the London airport from March 2014, which would mean two daily services each weekday.

 

However, their summer schedule which was announced yesterday shows there are no morning flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays between July 12 and September 6.

 

There will also be no Saturday flights to Gatwick at all between these dates.

 

The group says this reduction is "desperate" news for passengers and businesses alike, and asks what government proposes to do about it.

 

Infrastructure Minister David Cretney says whilst he would always like to see more flights rather than fewer, some of these times have historically had little traffic, and the group may be overreacting:

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