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Flybe reports festive travel surge

Wednesday, 6 December 20173 min read

Flybe is seeing increased demand for its domestic regional routes over the Christmas and New Year period, with bookings up 11% year on year.

Routes showing the biggest increase in bookings over the same period last year include Manchester and Leeds Bradford to Newquay, and Exeter to Edinburgh and London City.

Flybe’s top five most popular festive routes are:
Edinburgh – Southampton
Aberdeen – Manchester
Birmingham – Edinburgh
Glasgow – Southampton
London Gatwick – Newquay

The airline has added eight seasonal routes this winter, which are from Southampton to Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges and Rennes, from Birmingham to Nantes and Newquay and from Manchester to Nantes and Rennes.