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Save Our Granada to Gatwick Flights
Result:
Thank you to everyone who signed this petition.
Although a flight between Granada-Jaen Airport and London Gatwick has not been restored to date, the petition and the support it gained from loyal users of the withdrawn route received considerable media attention - not least during summer 08 when rising fuel costs caused many pundits to predict "the end of cheap flights". It is probably fair to say that out of all recent withdrawn budget flight routes, this one has been the most publicised.
The following media results were gained:
* Mercury Radio - interview with the petition author
* Southern Counties Radio - interview with the petition author
* Tonight with Trevor MacDonald - interview with a third party recommended by the petition author
* Financial Times - approached us to cover the story
* International Herald Tribune - approached us
* Daily Telegraph - interviewed petition author and mentioned the petition in two features:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/overseasproperty/3360847/The-effec t-budget-airlines-have-on-owning-a-second-home-overseas.html
and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/overseasproperty/3394893/Property- overseas-Fasten-seatbelts---turbulence-ahead.html
* The Times - interviewed the petition author and mentioned the petition in feature:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4493293.ece
* This story was also covered widely by the airline and travel media and propogated across the internet on a plethora of sites.
The petition and a press release issued to support it also gained a personal letter from Tim Jeans of Monarch Airlines explaining the reasons for withdrawing the flight.
Even if the petition has not resulted in a new carrier taking up the Gatwick-Granada route, it was certainly successful in bringing the feelings of consumers into the ppublic light.
Who knows what will 'take off' in the future, if you'll pardon the dreadful pun. Let's hope a budget carrier eventually picks up on the missing route.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Chipchase
Petition author.
Although a flight between Granada-Jaen Airport and London Gatwick has not been restored to date, the petition and the support it gained from loyal users of the withdrawn route received considerable media attention - not least during summer 08 when rising fuel costs caused many pundits to predict "the end of cheap flights". It is probably fair to say that out of all recent withdrawn budget flight routes, this one has been the most publicised.
The following media results were gained:
* Mercury Radio - interview with the petition author
* Southern Counties Radio - interview with the petition author
* Tonight with Trevor MacDonald - interview with a third party recommended by the petition author
* Financial Times - approached us to cover the story
* International Herald Tribune - approached us
* Daily Telegraph - interviewed petition author and mentioned the petition in two features:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/overseasproperty/3360847/The-effec t-budget-airlines-have-on-owning-a-second-home-overseas.html
and
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/overseasproperty/3394893/Property- overseas-Fasten-seatbelts---turbulence-ahead.html
* The Times - interviewed the petition author and mentioned the petition in feature:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4493293.ece
* This story was also covered widely by the airline and travel media and propogated across the internet on a plethora of sites.
The petition and a press release issued to support it also gained a personal letter from Tim Jeans of Monarch Airlines explaining the reasons for withdrawing the flight.
Even if the petition has not resulted in a new carrier taking up the Gatwick-Granada route, it was certainly successful in bringing the feelings of consumers into the ppublic light.
Who knows what will 'take off' in the future, if you'll pardon the dreadful pun. Let's hope a budget carrier eventually picks up on the missing route.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Chipchase
Petition author.
We, the undersigned, want Granada-Jaen Airport to restore cheap flights on the Granada to Gatwick route.
We rely on these flights and believe their removal will negatively impact the Granada area, tourism and commerce from southern England, and the province's residents.
We rely on these flights and believe their removal will negatively impact the Granada area, tourism and commerce from southern England, and the province's residents.
This petition is now closed.
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