Extra Loganair London Stansted to Derry flights ‘due to particularly high demand’

The additional services will see the usual two flights on weekdays bolstered by an extra service on both Tuesday December 22 and Monday December 28.

These will depart City of Derry at 13.05 returning 15.05 from Stansted and 13.50 returning 15.40 respectively.

There is also an extra service on Monday January 4, leaving Derry at 10.50 returning from Stansted at 12.50.

Tickets for the extra flights have now gone on sale, with fares from £39.99 one-way.

Extra services have also been added by Ryanair on its routes between Edinburgh and Liverpool and Derry.

Loganair was selected as the operator for the Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract to secure Derry’s sole air service to London in February 2019 after previous operator flybmi entered insolvency.

Kay Ryan, Loganair’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “It’s great to see our customers travelling over the Christmas and New Year period for what we know is an important time for visiting family and loved ones, and demand for the route has been high.

“We are very pleased we could help by providing these extra services for them and also for those who do still have to travel for essential work-related reasons over the holiday season.”

Steve Frazer, Managing Director of City of Derry Airport, said: “We are delighted that Loganair is increasing the number of flights available to and from City of Derry Airport over the holiday period, allowing greater opportunity to reunite with loved ones and spread some festive cheer at this difficult time for everyone”.

City of Derry Airport (CoDA) meanwhile has said that it is looking forward to connecting the North West safely this Christmas with its airline partners – Loganair providing services to and from Glasgow and London Stansted, and Ryanair delivering services to and from Edinburgh and Liverpool. Both airlines have added additional services to accommodate passengers over the permitted travel period (December 22 – December 28).

Throughout this period CoDA will have daily flights to London Stansted, sometimes twice and three times a day. Three times a week to Edinburgh, four times a week to Liverpool, and twice during the travel window to Glasgow.

During the travel period, one-way flight prices departing CoDA are ranging from:

£12.24 to Edinburgh

£82.19 to Glasgow

£13.84 to Liverpool

£60.19 to London Stansted.

One-way flight prices to CoDA are starting from:

£19.73 from Edinburgh

£69.41 from Glasgow

£24.99 from Liverpool

£58.65 from London Stansted.

To assist passengers this Christmas, CoDA is offering 10% off car parking and Amelia Earhart Lounge access with the promotional code: MerryChristmasCoDA. It is also offering 20% off to all shoppers who quote ‘Merry Christmas CoDA’ at the airport shop.

Steve Frazer, Managing Director at City of Derry Airport comments: “We are delighted to bring 2020 to a close by helping to connect the people of the North West this Christmas. We are thankful to our airline partners who have added additional services to their timetables, and we very much look forward to bringing families together during this special time of year.

“For those who may be travelling for the first time this year we can ensure you that your experience at City of Derry Airport will be both safe and festive. Our health and safety measures do remain a priority so passengers will feel safe and well protected when travelling through the airport.

We are offering discount codes for our car parking, lounge, and shopping experiences as a gift to our passengers. For all you amazing NHS and care workers your parking is on us. As well as Christmas decorations and Christmas music, there will be complimentary minces pies and selection boxes (starting on the 7th December) for kids, to help keep everyone’s spirits up”

City of Derry Airport has a range of Health and Safety measures in place including:

Temperature scanning and checking as everyone enters

Mask wearing is mandatory at the airport

There is a one-way system in place and throughout the airport everyone must socially distance

Touchless hand-sanitiser stations are at several points within the airport

There are intensive cleaning regimes.

For more information on City of Derry Airport visit: www.cityofderryairport.comFor more information on its health and safety measures visit: www.cityofderryairport.com/2020/07/02/coda-prepare-for-take-off-with-new-health-safety-measures/