00:00Well, we're delighted that Skybus is going to be flying from Cornwall Airport Newquay to London Gatwick.
00:05You can book tickets from today on Skybus' new website at skybus.co.uk.
00:10Skybus is going to be flying a 72-seat ATR-72 aircraft from Cornwall Airport Newquay here to London Gatwick's South Terminal,
00:18offering fantastic access to London and, of course, access to worldwide flights from London Gatwick too.
00:23Skybus has been flying from Cornwall Airport Newquay here for over 30 years,
00:27we're the longest established operator at the airport.
00:30We're a company that's headquartered in Cornwall, based in Cornwall,
00:33and all the benefits of the service that we provide will flow back into the Cornish economy.
00:37We understand what people want above all from us is a reliable, dependable service,
00:42whether that's flying to get into the centre of London or to catch an onward flight to hundreds of destinations worldwide from London Gatwick.
00:49We're confident that we'll be able to provide a reliable and dependable service,
00:53and that is absolutely key to rebuilding customer confidence in the air service between Cornwall Airport Newquay and London.
01:00Skybus is here to do just that.
01:02My team and I very much look forward to serving all of our customers now and long into the future.
01:07It's fantastically accessible to fly from Cornwall Airport Newquay.
01:11Flights to London Gatwick take around 80 minutes.
01:14If you compare that to how long it takes to do on a train journey for the equivalent distance,
01:18it saves you mountains of time to fly.
01:22We're looking forward to bringing those benefits to a much wider range of customers travelling throughout Cornwall,
01:27and of course onwards from here using the existing Skybus flights on our smaller aeroplanes to the Isles of Scilly.
01:33Well, Skybus customers won't just be able to fly from Cornwall Airport Newquay,
01:37they'll be able to fly through Cornwall Airport Newquay.
01:39The work that's gone on here over the course of the last 12 months to upgrade the check-in area,
01:43the new state-of-the-art security system allowing people to leave the liquids in their baggage going through security,
01:49a much larger seating area and enhanced departure lounge.
01:52It really is a fantastic facility and it's a local airport of which the community truly should be proud,
01:58and I very much hope everybody will use that with the new Skybus service to London.
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