BREXIT VICTIM

Posted on 08/15/2016 | About Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

United Airlines have confirmed that their summer seasonal service from Newark to Newcastle has been cancelled for 2017. The service will continue to operate six days a week until September 06 this year.

United said, "We have regretfully taken this decision because this seasonal route has not proved to be profitable and because of the anticipated impact of the weaker pound on UK outbound travel." The value of the British pound has sunk more than 13 percent against the dollar since the country voted to pull out of the EU.Nick Jones, interim chief executive of Newcastle International reminded travellers, “We continue to have numerous connections for business travellers to the US via our Heathrow, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin and other hub services, regular Thomson flights to Orlando and Cancun, as well as seasonal leisure flights to New York with Jet2.com, and we will continue to explore future opportunities for transatlantic flights.“Newcastle International Airport remains very strong, with passenger numbers growing, and a number of new routes, including Berlin, Warsaw and Gdansk, recently announced. This news regarding the New York service is certainly not reflective of the general trend at the Airport.”