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Air Routes: Public Service Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Cornwall Newquay Airport to London Southend Airport route operated by Eastern Airways is part of a Public Service Obligation deal.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
21 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Cornwall Newquay Airport to London Southend Airport route operated by Eastern Airways is part of a Public Service Obligation deal.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Cornwall Newquay Airport to London Southend Airport route planned by Eastern Airways is a commercial service that is not part of the Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract. The Department for Transport along with Cornwall Council continues to fund t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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