Open skies or empty skies?

Open skies or empty skies?

That's a question from passenger watchdog TravelWatch Isle of Man after recent announcements about the Island's air services.

Flybe announced it was closing its Island base at the end of March but, in the last week, it's been confirmed the patient transfer service to Liverpool is being maintained by the company.

Meanwhile, BA announced it would up its London City service from one flight on weekdays to three per day from the start of the summer season.

This was after locally based firm Microgaming agreed to underwrite the service.

Dick Clague from TravelWatch believes the picture is gradually becoming clearer but, whilst some key routes have been maintained, travellers aren't going to have the flexibility they've been used to.