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Sunny outlook for Norwich

2008-04-18

The future looks a bit brighter if you fancy flying to the sun from Norwich. That’s because sun seekers may soon have the option of new routes from Norwich Airport to Spanish holiday hot spots.

The airport is set to announce that it has made a deal with an as yet unnamed low cost airline to fly to Malaga, Alicante and other Spanish destinations. Flybe announced last July that it was scrapping its service to the two resorts - which prompted the airport to seek another operator in a bid to meet demand from holidaymakers.

Now a deal is said to be close to completion and will be made public imminently.

Airport managing director Richard Jenner said: “Since Flybe pulled off that route we have been talking to about ten airlines - most want to start from next summer but there is one interested in starting this year.

“I think we have expanded significantly in recent years, mainly on the back of Flybe, and obviously what we are looking to do now is have a range of carriers that are appropriate to the particular types of routes, instead of one doing them all.”