This in from Stephen on behalf of Hovertravel. Ed
This afternoon Hovertravel welcomed the return of its second craft Freedom 90 with the news that their summer timetable will be resumed from tomorrow morning.
Freedom 90 passed her Marine & Coastguard Agency inspection earlier today and after a series of sea trials will be back to supporting her sister craft in operating Hovertravel’s two craft summer timetable.
Neil Chapman, managing director at Hovertravel, said:
“Along with our customers and staff, I am extremely pleased to be able to have Freedom 90 available for service. I would like to extend my sincere thanks again to our customers for their patience and understanding over the past few weeks.
“My engineers have worked very hard, along with our colleagues at Griffon, to get Freedom 90 back into the operation. Extra night shifts and locating very specific components from around the world have demonstrated the super-human efforts the team has applied to this repair.
“With the summer timetable operating, including our newly introduced 1615 from Southsea and our extra late services for Portsmouth Live this Saturday, our Help Desk in the Ryde terminal will be open from 0700 to 0900 to assist customers in rebooking on their preferred commuter crossings.”
A form detailing how to claim Hovertravel’s One Craft Revised Timetable Compensation package will go live at 0700 tomorrow morning. Customers can follow the link from the bottom of the home page of Hovertravel’s website.
