When I saw Newquay Airport’s press release about its defence of BA’s new Newquay flights, there was a mention of flights also operating to Zurich. in Switzerland.

I didn’t think this sounded likely, but it turns out that weekly charters will be operating in the summer season. I’m not sure if they will also be bringing people back in the other direction, but this is certainly one of the more obscure routes we’ve seen in recent times.

Monarch Scheduled’s flights to Malaga were dropped very quickly, but they were trying to fill a much larger aircraft (an Airbus A320) on a much higher frequency (3x per week). For now, this is the only destination Newquay Airport offers outside the British Isles. It would be interesting to see which European cities the airport’s management think might be able to sustain regular scheduled services, and whether any airlines have been interested. Flybe would certainly make a good candidate for a route to either Paris or Amsterdam, either of which would provide numerous onward connections, but we’re not sure how ambitious a route like this would be for an airport of this size?