UK regional carrier Loganair is moving two regional routes to the country¡¯s main hub at London Heathrow airport.
Glasgow-based Loganair, which announced last month that it had secured extra slots at Heathrow in a deal with British Airways, said it would be launching flights to Derry in Northern Ireland, plus a route to Dundee, Orkney and Shetland in Scotland from early May.
The services from London to Derry and Dundee are government-supported Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes. The Derry service will be moved from Stansted to Heathrow¡¯s Terminal 2 from 6 May, while the Dundee route will switch from London City airport to Heathrow from 7 May.
Loganair¡¯s same-aircraft services from Kirkwall in the Orkney islands and Sumburgh in the Shetlands, via Dundee, will also move to Heathrow as part of the changes.
Jonathan Hinkles, the airline¡¯s CEO, said moving these routes to Heathrow was a ¡°gamechanger for UK regional air services¡±.
¡°Alongside excellent ground transport links into central London, the new range of global flight connections will bring new inward investment opportunities and tourism into the UK¡¯s regions, together with enabling travellers to use their local airport to fly worldwide for the first time,¡± said Hinkles.?
Heathrow¡¯s chief commercial officer Ross Baker added: ¡°Our domestic charging discounts will continue to support further growth in our domestic network ¨C which is vital to strengthen our role as the UK¡¯s hub airport, helping to level-up investment across the country, while connecting more people and businesses to global growth.¡±