BUZZ has pulled
its Bournemouth to Glasgow service after Ryanair announced it would be going
head to head on the route.
In what will be
seen as an embarrassing backtrack, Buzz said it did not think there would be
enough passengers to sustain two carriers.
Passengers or
agents that had booked tickets on the route, which was due to commence from the
end of March, will get a full refund.
The carrier said
it was unable to give details about how many tickets had been sold as it was
“market sensitive information.”
Ryanair upstaged
its low-cost rival by announcing last week it would begin a daily return
service between the two points from February, nearly two months before Buzz’s planned
take-off. The Irish airline planned to win a large chunk of the market with a
special launch fare of £9.99 one-way.
A Buzz spokesman
said: “Clearly, we have got to put our aircraft to the best use, flying routes
for a large volume of flyers. These factors mean withdrawing from this route so
that we don’t enter an unnecessary fight with Ryanair but plough our efforts
into finding other destinations.”