Overview
- Skybus ended the Newquay–Gatwick public service route early, with final flights on Thursday, and cancelled all remaining April and May trips with full refunds.
- The airline said a sharp rise in jet-fuel costs linked to the Middle East conflict and a fall in new bookings since mid-February made continued operations unviable.
- The route ran under a government-backed Public Service Obligation, a subsidy to keep essential links, after Skybus stepped in when Eastern Airways collapsed in November 2025.
- Disruption is spreading across regional carriers, with Aurigny cutting spring flights and adding a £2 fuel surcharge, even as UK ministers and Airlines UK report no current fuel supply shortages.
- Cornwall Council and Newquay Airport are seeking a fresh London connection, with London City favoured, while Ryanair keeps Newquay–Stansted and easyJet plans a twice-weekly Gatwick service from June 23.