Keep surfing with Air Southwest

Air Southwest, the low fare airline serving Newquay, the surf capital of the UK, has reassured surfers that it will continue to carry surfboards on its flights following a decision by British Airways to cease carrying boards after November 6th this year.

BA’s move has been roundly condemned by the British Surfing Association (BSA) which has 10,000 members.

Mike Coombes, deputy chief executive of Air Southwest, said: “Cornwall is a mecca for surfers and we are quite happy to carry boards for a modest fixed fee because we know that South West England has some of the best surfing beaches in the UK.

“With four flights a day, seven days a week between Gatwick and Newquay, and regular scheduled flights to Newquay from Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Dublin and Bristol, we are the surfers’ airline. Air Southwest would like to extend a warm invitation to the hundreds of concerned surfers who have contacted the BSA today and we look forward to seeing them in Cornwall.”

For more information contact:

Jason Clark
Deborah Clark Associates
(PR on behalf of Air Southwest)
01872 276276
07980 834368