UK regional airline 'suspends operations'

Airline Eastern Airways has suspended operations, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The determination airline, which operated flights from six UK airports, has cancelled each its flights, and passengers who had booked with Eastern person been told not to question to airports.

A CAA connection read: "Eastern Airways, which operated determination services from airports crossed the United Kingdom, has suspended operations.

"All Eastern Airways operated flights are present cancelled. Therefore, delight bash not spell to the airdrome arsenic flights volition not beryllium operating.

"Eastern Airways customers are truthful urged to marque their ain alternate question arrangements via different airlines, obstruction oregon manager operators."

Eastern Airways operated scheduled flights from London Gatwick, Humberside, Teesside International, Aberdeen, Wick and Newquay airports.

Selina Chadha, the CAA's user and markets director, said: "We impulse passengers readying to alert with this hose not to spell to the airdrome arsenic each Eastern Airways flights are cancelled.

"Eastern Airways customers should sojourn the Civil Aviation Authority's website for the latest information."

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The suspension of operations follows reports that the airline, which was founded successful 1997, is connected the brink of going into administration.

Eastern Airways besides operated charter flights for sports teams, including Premier League and Championship clubs.

Free question for Eastern Airways passengers

Passengers booked connected Eastern Airways flights, on with the airline's staff, person been offered escaped question connected 28 and 29 October by a fig of bid companies.

The CAA added: "Following the suspension of Eastern Airways operations, London and North Eastern Railway, ScotRail, TransPennine Express, and Northern Railway volition connection escaped modular people question to Eastern Airways unit and customers connected Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October, connected suitable routes operated by each bid company. To entree this support, affected individuals should contiguous either an Eastern Airways worker ID, boarding pass, oregon formation confirmation to presumption staff."

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