Flybe announces 16 additional brand new routes
Flybe, reportedly the UK’s number one domestic airline, has announced the addition of 16 brand new routes for its Summer 2010 programme. This will include flights serving Birmingham, Exeter, Guernsey, Jersey, Manchester and Southampton. There will also be another new European route from London Gatwick. Incidentally, Flybe is the largest UK domestic carrier at London Gatwick.
New destinations to be served will include those in regional France, and Verona in northern Italy. This means, points out Flybe, that travellers have an extensive selection of a total 3,738 Flybe summer flights a week from which to choose. All Flybe’s previously announced Summer 2010 routes, together with those of its franchise partner, Loganair, are now available for booking through to October 30th, next year, 2010. The complete 2010 summer schedule with tickets now on sale can be seen at www.flybe.com for travel from 28th March. Prices start at £22.99 one-way. This includes taxes and charges.
The highlights of Flybe’s brand new summer routes include:
• Birmingham: Avignon (3xweek), Bordeaux (4xweek), Limoges (3xweek) and Rennes (3Xweek)
• Guernsey: Edinburgh* (3xweek) and Belfast* (2xweek)
• Jersey: Once weekly Prestwick and Durham Tees Valley
• London Gatwick: Limoges (3xweek)
• Manchester: Avignon (2xweek), Bergerac (3xweek) and Limoges (3xweek)
• Southampton: Verona (weekly)
*These are subject to licensing approval from the States of Guernsey.
Flybe’s other brand new summer flight routes also now on sale serve Hanover in Germany from Exeter – with a through running service via Newcastle - and Newcastle direct; and a Bristol to the Isle of Man service.
Besides all these brand new routes, other highlights include the return of the airline’s popular French regional routes from Exeter to Avignon, Bergerac and Rennes. Plus services to Dubrovnic and Norwich.
Also making a welcome return for Summer 2010 are:
• Aberdeen: Jersey
• Belfast City: Jersey
• Birmingham: Bergerac, Brest, Dubrovnic, La Rochelle, Split, Toulouse
• Edinburgh: Bergerac, Rennes
• Glasgow: La Rochelle
• Inverness: Jersey, Southampton
• Isle of Man: Southampton
• Jersey: Aberdeen, Belfast City, Dundee, Humberside, Inverness, Nice, Southend
• Manchester: Brest, La Rochelle, Rennes
• Newcastle: Limoges
• Southampton: Avignon, Bordeaux, Brest, Dubrovnic, Isle of Man, Limoges, Perpignon, Rennes, Split, Salzburg
Says Mike Rutter, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer: “In an environment in which other airlines are withdrawing services, we’re delighted to be offering close to 4,000 summer flights a week that include the operation of another 16 brand new routes. We are committed to ensuring that Flybe offers an extensive range of affordable quality flights to the widest possible range of attractive destinations.
“With people already planning next year’s holidays and wanting their budgets go as far as possible, it’s advisable to book early and take advantage of the lowest possible fares.”
