By Ilaria Grasso Macola
Newquay residents are set to complain even further about the hordes of Londoners descending into Cornwall after Ryanair announced new services from London Stansted to Newquay.
The low-cost carrier said today it will operate three weekly flights to Cornwall as part of its ramped up summer schedule, which also includes additional services to Spain and Germany.
Ryanair has also announced new services to Belfast and Edinburgh as the carrier capitalises on the government’s decision to cut air passenger duty (APD) by 50 per cent.
APD is an excise duty levied per passenger flying both domestically and internationally from the UK. Initially announced in October 2021, the halving of APD for domestic travel will take effect from April.
“Ryanair is pleased to bring even more choice to London citizens and visitors for summer ‘23,” said chief executive Michael O’Leary.
“Our schedule has grown 10 per cent on last summer, with 3,000 weekly flights scheduled across 180+ routes.”
According to O’Leary, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should scrap APD for all travel if he wants to “grow and drive traffic/tourism recovery for the UK.”
Visit Cornwall – the region’s tourism board – was approached for comment.
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