Liverpool”s London air services between John Lennon Airport and LCY, currently three, are to go down to two. The Belgian airline, which originally ran five flights weekdaily between Liverpool and London City airports, said it was "at a loss" to explain why travellers between Merseyside and the capital were not using the route in sufficient numbers. Rail competition may well be the main cause but VLM”s parallel Manchester ” London City service continues at eight return trips Monday to Friday and a limited service at the weekend.
The history of air services between Liverpool and London is full of big expectations and then failure. The then British Midland operated at one time into Heathrow and the current VLM London City operation is the second attempt at a service since the airport opened in 1987.