Cornwall’s Calamity Council and RAF Close Newquay Airport

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Cornwall’s Calamity Council and RAF Close Newquay Airport

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27.11.08
Cornwall’s Calamity Council and RAF Close Newquay Airport
AND STRAND PASSENGERS OVER CHRISTMAS


Ryanair, the UK’s favourite airline, today ( 27th Nov) condemned the “Keystone Cops” of Cornwall County Council, and the RAF at Newquay, who notified Ryanair last night (at 19.40 hrs) that Newquay Airport would close in just four days time (on 30th Nov), until at least the 19th December. It appears that this closure (see original notification here) has been caused by the failure of Cornwall County Council to take over the airfield navigation services from the RAF St Magwan on the 30th November next as previously agreed.

Cornwall County Council now “expects” to be able to reopen the airport on the 19th December, although there is no guarantee or certainty that this date will be achieved.

Ryanair today condemned the incompetence of Cornwall County Council and the disregard of the RAF at Newquay for the travelling public. If Cornwall County Council are not in a position to take over the airfield services on Monday, then surely it is not unreasonable to expect the RAF to keep Newquay open for another 3 or 4 weeks and avoid the airport’s closure and the disruption of the flight plans of thousands of passengers travelling to and from Newquay in the run up to Christmas.

Ryanair has no alternative other than to cancel all flights to and from Newquay with effect from Monday, 1st December, until further notice. Because Ryanair has no confidence in Cornwall County Council or their ability to meet the ‘expected’ reopening date of the 19th December we are not willing to take the risk of accepting thousands of passenger bookings over Christmas and New Year when this calamitous Council can shut the airport at just four days notice.

Ryanair will not relaunch services to/from Newquay Airport until the “Keystone Cops” of Cornwall Co. Co. has proven that the airport has reopened and there will not be any further closures at such short and unreasonable notice. Accordingly, Ryanair regrets that there will be no flights to/from Newquay over Christmas and the New Year, but this is entirely due to the incompetence of Cornwall County Council and the unwillingness of the RAF to keep Newquay Airport open during the month of December.

Ryanair’s spokesman, Stephen McNamara, said today:

“The situation at Newquay has descended into farce. It is simply unacceptable that Ryanair and its passengers are given just four days notice of the closure of Newquay Airport for the month of December. We will now have to contact thousands of passengers over the coming days (many of whom will be abroad and will be unable to travel back to Newquay) and tell them that the airport has been closed due to the incompetence of Cornwall County Council and the unwillingness of the RAF to keep the airport open for a couple of weeks.

We will be encouraging all passengers to make compensation claims directly to Newquay Airport and Cornwall County Council who are responsible for this shambles and incompetence. Passengers should contact Newquay airport directly on 0044-1872- 322-002.

This is just the latest in a long series of mismanagement of Newquay Airport by Cornwall County Council. Twelve months ago these clowns introduced and Airport Development Fee which caused a 50% decline in passenger traffic on the Newquay – London route. Now the Council have failed to meet their long planned airport takeover date of the 1st December. It should not be beyond the wit of Cornwall County Council to persuade the RAF to keep the airport open for the month of December. Sadly they couldn’t even manage this and, as a result, flights and passengers will now be stranded with just four days notice.

Ryanair cannot run the risk of stranding passengers over the Christmas and New Year period if Cornwall County Council again miss the 19th December date and it is therefore with regret that we have cancelled all flights to and from Newquay Airport until further notice and we will not relaunch these flights unless and until Cornwall County Council and Newquay Airport have demonstrated to Ryanair’s satisfaction that there will not be further closures and service interruptions at Newquay Airport.

We apologise sincerely to all passengers who will be disrupted by this Council’s incompetence in Cornwall and we will be spending the next four days trying to contact all passengers to assist them with alternative flights and routings, back to the UK for those who have recently travelled abroad with Ryanair and are now unable to return to Newquay Airport because Cornwall County Council and the RAF have closed it.”
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