A new route to Norway from Southend Airport has been cancelled just weeks after it was launched, with bosses blaming Covid-19 quarantine rules.

The new route to Bergen, in Norway, with airline Wideroe has now been paused - amid claims of a lack of interest. It was launched on August 31 - with the final Easyjet flight leaving the airport on the same day.

Southend Airport bosses blamed new Norway quarantine ruled for arriving passengers, A spokesman for Southend Airport said: "We can confirm that Wideroe have paused the Bergen route until the spring due to COVID-19. The pandemic has impacted aviation and ever changing quarantine restrictions have resulted in passenger ambiguity. Norway imposed a quarantine for all arriving passengers just 10 days before the inaugural flight.

"Unfortunately this means that whilst there is no quarantine arriving from Norway into the UK, returning passengers and visitors are affected. The Bergen route is currently expected to re-start at the beginning of March, with the new Kristiansand route commencing 29th March."