Local airline Manx2.com has been expressing disappointment after losing the contract for the DHSS Patient Transfer Service.
The service is being taken over by Flybe which will be taking patients to Manchester and Liverpool airports on the way to hospital appointments in the North West of England.
Manx2's chairman Noel Hayes regrets the contract hasn't gone to a Manx company, particularly in the current economic climate.

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